For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925

by Vinyard, JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, JoEllen McNergney and JoEllen Vinyard

Even before the massive European immigrations of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Detroit had a tradition of Catholicism. Multiple immigrant groups became part of the city and considered it important to educate their daughters as well as their sons within the Church.

JoEllen McNergney Vinyard's comprehensive examination of parochial education in Detroit within the broader context of that city's urbanization patterns yields a richly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025206707X
• ISBN13: 9780252067075
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"