The Polish Community of Worcester

by Barbara Proko, John Kraska, Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, et al.

Book Overview

Near the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of Polish immigrants embarked upon the American Dream in Worcester as the city's lowest-paid mill workers. Slowly, they carved out their own "Polonia," with Millbury Street as the center. By the 1920s, Worcester's Polish community had built a parish with the largest parochial school in the county, established several civic associations, and become an influential group in the city's economy and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738513385
• ISBN13: 9780738513386
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.3"