Wheeling's Polonia: Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town

by William Hal Gorby

Book Overview

William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, while shifting from urban historians' traditional focus on large cities to a case study in a smaller Appalachian setting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949199401
• ISBN13: 9781949199406
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"