Author : Konštantín Čulen
Publisher :
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 9780965193221
Hardcover book with Dusk jacket cover (front and back) depicting scenes of Slovak life in America. The dust jacket has not yet been designed.
Author : Joseph Stasko
Publisher : Cambridge, Ont. : Dobrá kniha
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Slovak Americans
ISBN :
Author : Robert M. Fasiang
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1467111791
An engaging pictorial history of the Slovak community in Chicagoland, documenting their journeys and struggles through rare and vintage images. The story of Slovak Americans in Chicagoland is a tale of the American dream. In a few short years, emigrants from Slovakia with little to their names came to the United States and succeeded beyond their highest hopes. This fascinating story of rags to riches has been documented in historical photographs in Images of America: Slovaks of Chicagoland. Many Slovaks came to America with few assets, no more than a sixth-grade education, and no knowledge of the English language. They went to school and became naturalized citizens. Many took menial jobs in stockyards, steel mills, and oil refineries. They saved their money and opened grocery stores, banks, construction firms, and other businesses. Slovaks built beautiful churches, quality schools, and recreational facilities. They raised their families to be proud Americans and incorporated traditions from Slovakia into their daily lives, including the important role of religion.
Author : Gregory Curtis Ference
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780945636595
As the war continued, emphasis changed to focus on assisting the Slovaks only. Collections of goods and money were taken, and a representative was sent to Canada to help gain the release of Slovaks imprisoned as enemy aliens. Citing the Canadian example, Slovak American leaders urged their compatriots to become American citizens. Last, the war caught the Slovaks in the United States by surprise. Their political program centered on gaining equal rights in Hungary through legal means, but a small group advocated instead a Czecho-Slovak solution. Although the Czecho-Slovak concept gained momentum, many Slovaks feared that they would lose their ethnic identity. Cooperation initially did not occur in the United States. When a Parisian organization of Czechs and Slovaks expressed its willingness to recognize the individuality of the Slovak people, the American Slovaks quickly supported it. An icy reception, however, by American Czechs destroyed any common ground.
Author : National Slovak Society of the United States of America
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 1946*
Category : Slovaks
ISBN :
Author : Lisa A. Alzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738549088
No other city in the United States is home to more Slovaks than Pittsburgh. It is estimated that close to 100,000 Slovak immigrants came to the area in the 1890s looking for work and the chance for a better life. The hills and valleys of this new land reminded newcomers of the farms, forests, and mountains they left behind. They lived in neighborhoods close to their work, forming numerous cluster communities in such places as Braddock, Duquesne, Homestead, Munhall, the North Side, Rankin, and Swissvale. Once settled, Slovak immigrants founded their own churches, schools, fraternal benefit societies, and social clubs. Many of these organizations still enjoy an active presence in Pittsburgh today, serving to pass on the customs and traditions of the Slovak people. Through nearly 200 photographs, Slovak Pittsburgh celebrates the lives of those Slovaks who settled in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, and the rich heritage that is their legacy.
Author : National Slovak Society of the United States of America
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Slovak Americans
ISBN :
Author : M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher : New York : Chelsea House
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781555461348
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Slovaks, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
Author : Anton Špiesz
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nationalism
ISBN : 0865164266
Little contemporary scholarship on Slovak history exists in English. This title fills an important gap in historiography about events throughout Central Europe over the last fourteen centuries. It presents the history of Slovakia in terms of the latest scholarship and in the context of on-going historical debate about Slovak history and its presentation in post-socialist world. Extensive footnotes by scholars, 350 color illustrations, Index, Bibliography, Foreword and Epilogue.
Author : Stephen Szabados
Publisher : Stephen Szabados
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Reference
ISBN :
If you are researching your Czech or Slovak family history, this book is a must-read. The book should help you answer the questions, why did our German ancestors immigrate; when did they leave; how did they get here; where did they settle? It includes descriptions of many aspects of their social history that effected immigration to America, and the material should give you vital insights into your ancestors' immigration. Remember that each immigrant has a unique story, and it is our challenge to dig out as many details of their immigration saga as we can when doing our family history research. I am sure this book will help point the way to many exciting stories about your family history. The stories will help your ancestors come alive. Our immigrant ancestors are the foundation of our roots in the United States. Our lives would be much different if they did not endure the challenges of emigration from the Old Country. Do not underestimate their contributions. They played a critical role in factories and farms in the United States. Their lives were building blocks in the growth of their new country
