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Social Science General

Ethnic Organizational Dynamics

The Polish Group in Canada

by (author) Henry Radecki

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 1980
Category
General, General, Emigration & Immigration
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889206397
    Publish Date
    Feb 1980
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889200753
    Publish Date
    Feb 1980
    List Price
    $36.99

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Description

How is the culture of an immigrant group kept alive in a new country? Voluntary organizations play a significant role, according to the author, in preserving the cultural heritage of Poland for Polish immigrants and their descendants in Canada. However, participation in these organizations is declining. The author explains why in this sociological study. The first part of the study describes Polish organizations in Canada between 1860 and 1973. The second part describes field research carried out in Metropolitan Toronto in 1974. Results of the research indicate that Polish organizations continue to contribute to the maintenance of a distinctive Polish culture, but that the long-term survival of these organizations is not assured.

The study will be useful to sociologists, students of Polish culture, and those interested in ethnic organizations in general.

About the author

Henry Radecki is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University. A native of Poland, he is the major author of A Member of a Distinguished Family: The Polish Group in Canada and has contributed sociological studies of the Polish population in Canada to various books and journals. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from York University, Toronto.

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