For More Than Bread: Community and Identity in American Polonia, 1880-1940

This study is a historical overview of humble individuals who wished for independence from an oppressive government but had more immediate individual and familial concerns. These immigrants wanted not only a better material life but also a strong moral community and achieved their goals through the church, lay organizations, and Polish parochial schools.

But their children were influenced by their own needs and desires and the attractions of larger society. Not much has been written about t...