Lithuanians in Michigan

From the Publisher: Lithuanians in Michigan recounts the history of an immigrant group that has struggled to maintain its identity. Grazulis estimates that about 20 percent of the 1.6 million Lithuanians who immigrated to the United States arrived on American shores between 1860 and 1918.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grazulis, Marius K.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2009.
Series:Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lithuanian history as a background to immigration
  • First and second waves of Lithuanians in Michigan
  • Religion and culture in the first and second waves
  • Lithuanians and sports
  • Third and fourth waves Lithuanian immigration to Michigan
  • Politics
  • Fourth wave
  • Fifth wave of immigration and today
  • Union pier experience
  • Future of Lithuanians in Michigan
  • Conclusion
  • Sidebars
  • Bishop Salatka of Marquette
  • Old country farmer's cheese
  • Lithuanian Jews
  • Louis Getz
  • Milda's corner store.