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5.0 out of 5 stars
A scholarly documentation visually enhanced with numerous photos--should be in libraries, both public and personal, worldwide!,
By Yaroslava Benko "Mandrivnyk" (Arlington Heights, IL - USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Ukrainians in North America: an Illustrated History (Paperback)
Once you pick up this book, you'll be taken back to yesteryear as you relive the hardships that faced Ukrainian immigrants as they set out from their native country, Ukraine, and embark on the journeys of their lives. You'll meet the characters (neighbors, entrepreneurs, religious, political, and business leaders) as they set up their organizations, schools, and churches. You'll witness their arrivals at train stations and ship docks; you'll see their expressions and what they were wearing; you'll see a photo of cramped quarters in 1909 with relaxing workers; you'll read `a Woman's Perspective' of daily life. An over-sized photo shows a family from Bukovyna in Quebec in 1897 en route to Edna-Star, Alberta. Canadians identified Ukrainian newcomers by the sheepskin coats they wore.As though perusing a personal journal, you'll read an ad by a Ukrainian (Ruthenian) travel agency in Chernivtsi, Bukovyna, Ukraine, in 1910 selling tickets to Canada and the U.S. See a homestead, a typical Pennsylvania industrial town in the pre-1914 period; see Ukrainian immigrants at work that they and other East Europeans often did. Read a Canadian government ad telling of the availability of 200 million acres of land in Western Canada--it offered 160 acres of free land to every settler. See a photo of Ukrainians in Detroit during a 1933 protest march against Holodomor (the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine that year). Also, see a House of Representatives resolution, which was sponsored by Rep. Hamilton Fish (R-NY) condemning the role of the Soviet government in the famine of 1933. Read the Defamation and Results of an FBI Investigation from an FBI report in 1943. See the mastheads of almost twenty Ukrainian-American newspapers of the interwar period. Ukrainians in North America, an Illustrated History by Professor Orest Subtelny was published in 1991 by the University of Toronto Press with assistance from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council under their block grant programs. This handsome coffee-table edition is enhanced with numerous artistically placed black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, advertisements, a cartoon, and copies of newspaper articles, which supplement the well-researched documentation. Depicted visually and verbally is the history of Ukrainian immigrants in Canada and the United States. A handy reference is the two-page listing of abbreviations used throughout the book. A three-page section lists selected readings: Bibliographies; Canada - Studies and Sources; and, United States - Studies. A seven-and-a-half page index facilitates searching for entries. Numerous photo credits are listed by: 1) Institutions (National Archives of Canada; The Ukrainian Museum, NY; Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center, Winnipeg; Ukrainian Diocesan Museum and Library, Stamford, Connecticut; Manitoba Archives, Winnipeg; Ontario Archives, Toronto; University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, Baltimore; International Museum of Photography-George Eastman House, Lewis Hine collection; Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 2) Publications; and, 3) Individuals. One or more photos laid out artistically enhance almost every page. The research is extensively documented and extremely well written by Dr. Subtelny. In the preface, we learn that although the first Ukrainian immigrants arrived in Canada exactly one hundred years before (1891), they had begun to arrive in the United States about twelve years earlier. This study differs from previous ones in that it encompasses the Ukrainian immigration of both Canada and the United States. Traditionally, one country or the other was studied, but never both. Ukrainians in North America, an Illustrated History by Professor Orest Subtelny is a scholarly documentation rich in its tapestry of information skillfully interweaving the true stories of Ukrainian immigrants in both Canada and the United States of America--it should appear on library shelves (both personal and public) worldwide. Very highly recommended--definitely 5-stars plus! Further, for a truly informative history of Ukraine, read Professor Orest Subtelny's book: Ukraine: A History. World Affairs Report states: "The best history of Ukraine in English." Professor Paul Robert Magocsi states in Journal of Ukrainian Studies: "An excellent history of Ukrainians." Addendum: Readers, you're invited to visit each of my reviews--most of them have photos that I took in Ukraine (over 600)--you'll learn lots about Ukraine and Ukrainians. The image gallery shows smaller photos, which are out of sequence. The preferable way is to see each review through my profile page since photos that are germane to that particular book/VHS/DVD are posted there with notes and are in sequential order. To visit my reviews: click on my pseudonym, Mandrivnyk, to get to my profile page; click on the tab called review; scroll to the bottom of the section, and click on see all reviews; click on each title, and on the left-hand side, click on see all images. The thumbnail images at the top of the page show whether photos have notes; roll your mouse over the image to find notes posted. Also, you're invited to visit my Listmania lists, which have materials sorted by subject matter.
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