Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that examines saloons, sports, crime, churches, neighborhoods, and cemeteries.
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that examines saloons, sports, crime, churches, neighborhoods, and cemeteries.
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait

Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait

by Peter d'A. Jones Jones, Melvin Holli
Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait

Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait

by Peter d'A. Jones Jones, Melvin Holli

Paperback(43137 William B Eerdmans)

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This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that examines saloons, sports, crime, churches, neighborhoods, and cemeteries.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802870537
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 05/19/1995
Edition description: 43137 William B Eerdmans
Pages: 656
Product dimensions: 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.22(d)

Table of Contents

    Introduction: Ethnic Life in Chicago

    ETHNIC GROUPS

  1. The Founding Fathers: The Absorption of French-Indian Chicago, 1816-1837 Jacqueline Peterson
  2. Irish Chicago: Church, Homeland, Politics, and Class—The Shaping of an Ethnic Group, 1870-1900 Michael F. Funchion
  3. German American Ethnic and Cultural Identity from 1890 Onward Melvin G. Holli
  4. A Community Created: Chicago Swedes, 1880-1950 Anita R. Olson
  5. The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb Irving Cutler
  6. Polish Chicago: Survival through Solidarity Edward R. Kantowicz
  7. Ukrainian Chicago: The Making of a Nationality Group in America Myron Bohdon Kuropas
  8. Chicago's Italians: A Survey of the Ethnic Factor, 1850-1990 Dominic Candeloro
  9. Greek Survival in Chicago Andrew T. Kopan
  10. African-American Migration to Chicago James R. Grossman
  11. Chatham: An African-American Success Story William Braden
  12. Latino Chicago Jorge Casuso and Eduardo Camacho
  13. The Chinese in Chicago: The First One Hundred Years Susan Lee Moy
  14. Japanese Americans: Melting into the All-American Melting Pot Masako Osako
  15. Asian Indians in Chicago: Growth and Change in a Model Minority Padma Rangaswamy
  16. Koreans of Chicago: The New Entrepreneurial Immigrants Joseph Ahne

    ETHNIC INSTITUTIONS

  17. The Ethnic Saloon: A Public Melting Pot Perry R. Duis
  18. Ethnic Sports Steven S. Riess
  19. Ethnic Crime: The Organized Underworld of Early 20th Century Chicago Mark H. Haller
  20. The Ethnic Church Edward R. Kantowicz
  21. Chicago's Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Myth of Stability and the Reality of Change Dominic A. Pacyga
  22. Ethnic Cemeteries: Underground Rites Helen A. Sclair
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