Lithuanian Diaspora

Königsberg to Chicago

• Author(s): Antanas J. Van Reenan,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 329
• ISBN_10: 0819178675
  ISBN_13: 9780819178671
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Baltic States , History / Europe / General , History / United States / State & Local / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American Studies , Social Science / Reference ,

Description:... This book traces the development of a Lithuanian sense of peoplehood and unravels their invisible configuration of values. By analyzing the dynamics of their diaspora mentality, the work presents a picture of a people armed with an ideology that enables them to nonviolently confront the first principles of American nationality.

Contents: Old World Roots; Emergence of a Lithuanian Community in Chicago; A New Wave of Emigration in the Making; Exiles Not Immigrants; Establishment of Institutions to Deflect Assimilation; A Catholic Identity; Lithuanian Involvement in Organized Political Action.