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Biblioteki Polonii Amerykańskiej
Biblioteka Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Ameryce
Library of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
 Biblioteka imienia Alfreda Jurzykowskiego Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce
The Alfred Jurzykowski Memorial Library of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America 		Biblioteka Marjanczyków Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalnej
The Marjanczyk Library of the Polish Cultural Foundation

Biblioteka Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej
Library of the Kosciuszko Foundation
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Polish refugees and the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee / Janusz Cisek ; foreword by Janusz Krzyzanowski.

By: Cisek, Janusz.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006Description: vi, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0786422947 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Political refugees -- Poland -- History -- 20th century | Political refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Polish Americans -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century | Poland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century | Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945- | Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee -- HistoryDDC classification: 362.87/57630899185073 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
The Genesis of the Polish American immigration and relief committee in New York -- A survey of U.S. immigration law -- The Polish American community and the problem of aid for the Polish Republic during World War II -- The committee's founding and the first period of activity -- Other engagements in the years 1948-1957 -- A who's who in the initial years -- The conclusion of the first phase of activity: a summation of the years 1947-1958 -- Enlarging the scope of operations: the field offices -- The branches abroad -- The committee fights to amend immigration laws -- Swimming with the tide: scaling down, and transformations -- Activity in the years 1980-1990 -- A review of immigration law in the years 1980-1990 -- Political changes in Poland: the committee's activity in the years 1990-2000 -- A summing up and conclusions.
Summary: "Drawing on information from committee archives and consultations with prominent members, this book covers such topics as American immigration law, aid for the Polish Republic, and the effect of political change in Poland itself. It also discusses how the downfall of the communist government transformed Poland into a country that opened its own arms to the world's refugees"--Provided by publisher.
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The Genesis of the Polish American immigration and relief committee in New York -- A survey of U.S. immigration law -- The Polish American community and the problem of aid for the Polish Republic during World War II -- The committee's founding and the first period of activity -- Other engagements in the years 1948-1957 -- A who's who in the initial years -- The conclusion of the first phase of activity: a summation of the years 1947-1958 -- Enlarging the scope of operations: the field offices -- The branches abroad -- The committee fights to amend immigration laws -- Swimming with the tide: scaling down, and transformations -- Activity in the years 1980-1990 -- A review of immigration law in the years 1980-1990 -- Political changes in Poland: the committee's activity in the years 1990-2000 -- A summing up and conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.

"Drawing on information from committee archives and consultations with prominent members, this book covers such topics as American immigration law, aid for the Polish Republic, and the effect of political change in Poland itself. It also discusses how the downfall of the communist government transformed Poland into a country that opened its own arms to the world's refugees"--Provided by publisher.

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