An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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Title
An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Description
A case study and scientific report on ethnic make-up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island around 1930. Demographic figures on school populations, families, and communities in Woonsocket with regard to ethnicity and culture, compiled from survey data. Takes into account immigrant residents' geographic region of origin. Lacks information from Woonsocket Catholic schools because of the concurrence of what we now know as the "Sentinelle Affair" - a drawn-out dispute between laypersons and Church hierarchy over the preservation of national parishes. Some statistics on language usage. From the author: "In general, the survey of Woonsocket seeks to describe the public-school population in terms of geographic origin, ethnic ancestry, ethnic fusion, and the degree of Americanism" (9). Submitted as Ph.D. thesis at Columbia University, 1935. Republished in 1970 by Arno Press.
Creator
Wessel, Bessie Bloom
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date
1931
Language
English
Type
Book
Identifier
Coverage
1930, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISBN
9780405005725
Call Number
Num Pages
336
Place
Chicago, Illinois
URL
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