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Polish-American Politics in Chicago, 1888-1940
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Kantowicz as mentioned in this paper examines the origins of the heavily Democratic allegiance of Polish voters and demonstrates that Chicago Poles were voting Democratic long before Al Smith, Franklin Roosevelt, or the New Deal.Abstract:
The "new immigrants" who came from southern and eastern Europe at the turn of the century have rarely been the subject of detailed scholarly examination In particular, Poles and other Slavic groups have usually been written about in a filiopietist manner Edward Kantowicz fills this gap with his incisive work on Poles in Chicago Kantowicz examines such questions as why Chicago, with the largest Polish population of any city outside of Poland, has never elected a Polish mayor The author also examines the origins of the heavily Democratic allegiance of Polish voters Kantowicz demonstrates that Chicago Poles were voting Democratic long before Al Smith, Franklin Roosevelt, or the New Deal Kantowicz has made extensive use of registration lists and voting records to construct a statistical picture of Polish-American voting behavior in Chicago He draws on church records and census records to provide a detailed description of Chicago's many Polish neighborhoods He also has studied the city's Polish-language press as well as the few manuscript collections left by Polish-American politicians These collections, together with data gleaned from interviews with individuals who were acquainted with these figures, are used to sketch profiles of the political leaders of Polonia's capital Kantowicz focuses on the goals which the Polish-American community pursued in politics, the issues they deemed important, and the functions which politics served for them He links this analysis to observations on the homeland and the reasons for which the Poles emigrated In this context he is able to draw conclusions about the nature of the ethnic politics in general His work will appeal to a variety of readers: urban and twentieth-century historians, political scientists, and sociologistsread more
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