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Immigrants and Their Communities: A Review Essay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

John J. Bukowczyk
Affiliation:
Wayne State University

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Copyright © International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc. 1984

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13. See Bukowczyk, John J., “Polish Rural Culture and Immigrant Working Class Formation.” Polish American Studies, forthcomingGoogle Scholar.

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