Lives of Their Own
Download or Read eBook Lives of Their Own PDF written by John E. Bodnar and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : John E. Bodnar |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0252010639 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780252010637 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lives of Their Own by : John E. Bodnar
Book excerpt: Lives of Their Own depicts the strikingly different lives of black, Italian, and Polish immigrants in Pittsburgh. Within a comparative framework, the book focuses on the migration process itself, job procurement, and occupational mobility, family structure, home-ownership, and neighborhood institutions. By blending oral histories with quantitative data, the authors have created a convincing multilayered portrait of working-class life in one of our great industrial cities.
