Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the decades to come. Ukrainian neighborhoods formed on both the east and west sides of the city. This is where they constructed the churches, schools, cultural centers, and financial institutions that would allow them to maintain their cherished ethnic identity while integrating into the American way... Read More
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Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the decades to come. Ukrainian neighborhoods formed on both the east and west sides of the city. This is where they constructed the churches, schools, cultural centers, and financial institutions that would allow them to maintain their cherished ethnic identity while integrating into the American way... Read More
Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the decades to come. Ukrainian neighborhoods formed on both the east and west sides of the city. This is where they constructed the churches, schools, cultural centers, and financial institutions that would allow them to maintain their cherished ethnic identity while integrating into the American way of life. This book is a pictorial history of the people and events that created a community that would come to be known as the Ukrainians of metropolitan Detroit.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 8th February 2010
State: Michigan
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738577166
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
Author Bio
Nancy Karen Wichar is a proud second-generation Ukrainian. Throughout her career in education, she created several ethnic pride units utilizing her rich Ukrainian heritage background as a model for her students to find and appreciate their own ethnic identities. Ukrainians of Metropolitan Detroit is her gift to her parents, Stephen and Nadia Wichar, and to the Ukrainian community, past, present, and future.
Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the decades to come. Ukrainian neighborhoods formed on both the east and west sides of the city. This is where they constructed the churches, schools, cultural centers, and financial institutions that would allow them to maintain their cherished ethnic identity while integrating into the American way of life. This book is a pictorial history of the people and events that created a community that would come to be known as the Ukrainians of metropolitan Detroit.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 8th February 2010
State: Michigan
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738577166
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
Nancy Karen Wichar is a proud second-generation Ukrainian. Throughout her career in education, she created several ethnic pride units utilizing her rich Ukrainian heritage background as a model for her students to find and appreciate their own ethnic identities. Ukrainians of Metropolitan Detroit is her gift to her parents, Stephen and Nadia Wichar, and to the Ukrainian community, past, present, and future.