The Slovaks Of Chicago
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Author | : Robert M. Fasiang |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1467111791 |
An engaging pictorial history of the Slovak community in Chicagoland, documenting their journeys and struggles through rare and vintage images. The story of Slovak Americans in Chicagoland is a tale of the American dream. In a few short years, emigrants from Slovakia with little to their names came to the United States and succeeded beyond their highest hopes. This fascinating story of rags to riches has been documented in historical photographs in Images of America: Slovaks of Chicagoland. Many Slovaks came to America with few assets, no more than a sixth-grade education, and no knowledge of the English language. They went to school and became naturalized citizens. Many took menial jobs in stockyards, steel mills, and oil refineries. They saved their money and opened grocery stores, banks, construction firms, and other businesses. Slovaks built beautiful churches, quality schools, and recreational facilities. They raised their families to be proud Americans and incorporated traditions from Slovakia into their daily lives, including the important role of religion.
Author | : Peter P. Hletko |
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Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
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Author | : Daniel D. Droba |
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Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1934 |
Genre | : Czech |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
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Author | : Mary Lydia Zahrobsky |
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Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Slovaks |
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Author | : Mary Kozacik |
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Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1920 |
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Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Catholics |
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Author | : Edith Abbott |
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Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 19?? |
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Author | : John J. Reichman |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Bohemians in Chicago |
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Author | : Richard Majer |
Publisher | : Mountain Arbor Press |
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Release | : 2021-07-19 |
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ISBN | : 9781631837852 |
Immigration, segregation, control freaks-Chicago in the '50s and '60s, when negativity flourished but humor prevailed. Growing up in the '50s and '60s in Chicago could be crazy, but growing up in Chicago within the immigrant Slovak community was a roller-coaster ride driven by control freaks learning to live in a culture vastly different from their own. Immigration in the 1950s and '60s was full of promise and adventure, but carried with it unexpected dangers. This memoir tells the story of how immigrants from Slovakia learn to thrive in a new world after they and their ancestors lived with the effects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovakian history, World War I, and World War II.