History of the Polish Americans

In the last rootless decade families neighborhoods and communities have disintegrated in the face of gripping social economic and technological changes. Th is process has had mixed results. On the positive side it has produced a mobile volatile and dynamic society in the United States that is perhaps more open just and creative than ever before. On the negative side it has dissolved the glue that bound our society together and has destroyed many of the myths symbols values and beliefs that provided social direction and purpose. In A History of the Polish Americans John J. Bukowczyk provides a thorough account of the Polish experience in America and how some cultural bonds loosened as well as the ways in which others persisted.