Poles settled in two major Detroit areas: the West Side settlement which took shape around St. Casimir's Church and developed westward along Michigan Avenue; and the larger East Side settlement which ran east-west on both sides of Canfield Street and then north. (Author/JM)

Sensitivity to cultural differences, interest in a client's ethnic background, and understanding its meaning to him are important tools in therapy. (Author/DM)

Presents a profile of Polish immigrants born between 1945 and 1959 who had at least one parent born in Poland. The study focused on the immigrants' demographic characteristics, what values they inherited from their parents, what their national identity is, and what values they adopted in America. (JS)

Using historical data from the literature, the case of the early Polish Peasant immigrants to America is examined to illustrate the use of ethnic attachment as a key variable (in preference to simple ethnic group membership or class-status explanations), in understanding the development and change of cultural ideologies and their influence on…

An exploratory research study was undertaken to determine the extent of drug abuse in three ethnic neighborhoods. The nature and scope of drug use among Italian and Polish Americans in three working class neighborhoods were examined in the light of the role class and cultural identity plays in the development and treatment of drug abuse. Results…

Focuses on the parochial school as a supportive agent of ethnic socialization in Buffalo's Polish immigrant communities. Describes diverse motives for development of the parish school system as an alternative to the public schools and summarizes the distinctive, communal functions of parish schools. (CMG)

Article written two years ago for the New York Times" by a young Polish American, a member of a Baltimore community organization, and a representative from the First District on the Baltimore City Council. (JM)

Research findings show that, compared with Black, Polish, and other ethnic urban youth, urban Appalachian teenagers exhibit greater symptomatic behavior indicating severe difficulties in coping with urban environments. Particularly striking among these patterns, which hold for both females and males, is the heavy drug use among Appalachian youth.…

The contents of this book are organized in four parts. Part 1, "Defining White Ethnicity," consists of three essays: "What is an Ethnic?" Andrew Greeley; "Components of the White Ethnic Movement," Perry Weed; and "Confessions of a White Ethnic," Michael Novak. Part 2, "The Family, Parish, and Neighborhood," consists of six essays: "La Famiglia:…

This study investigated the relationship between different generational and social class groups within the Polish-American community and the salience of ethnicity in each group. One of the largest immigrations to America was that from Poland. By the turn of the century a dispersed and highly mobile Polish-American population was evident in the Los…

This study of the Polish-American community in the Greater Boston area has a threefold purpose: (1) it attempts to provide a socio-historical outline of the group's structural position and cultural characteristics; (2) it analyzes the influence of selected factors such as generational positioning, educational status, and place of residence on…

Social honor--or status--in the school and larger community, and selected aspects of traditional Polish-culture maintenance, are important factors relating to Polish-American ethnicity in the school. This is demonstrated using data collected by questionnaire and participant observation in an urban Roman Catholic secondary school in the American…

This volume contains the reports of the working committees of the 1976 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. The introduction traces the patterns of immigration in North America from the colonial period to the twentieth century. Sections entitled Origins, Cultural Pluralism, and Contributions deal with the settlement patterns…