In this Book

summary
Arriving in the U.S. in 1883, Antoni A. Paryski climbed from typesetter to newspaper publisher in Toledo, Ohio. His weekly Ameryka-Echo became a defining publication in the international Polish diaspora and its much-read letters section a public sphere for immigrants to come together as a community to discuss issues in their own language.

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann mines seven decades' worth of thoughts expressed by Ameryka-Echo readers to chronicle the ethnic press's role in the immigrant experience. Open and unedited debate harkened back to homegrown journalistic traditions, and Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann opens up the nuances of an editorial philosophy that cultivated readers as content creators. As she shows, ethnic publications in the process forged immigrant social networks and pushed notions of education and self-improvement throughout Polonia. Paryski, meanwhile, built a publishing empire that earned him the nickname ""The Polish Hearst.""

Detailed and incisive, The Polish Hearst opens the door on the long-overlooked world of ethnic publishing and the amazing life of one of its towering figures.

Table of Contents

restricted access Download Full Book
  1. Cover
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Contents
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-14
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 1. Antoni A. Paryski
  2. pp. 15-36
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 2. The Price of Independence
  2. pp. 37-60
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 3. The Business of Ameryka-Echo
  2. pp. 61-83
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 4. Ameryka-Echo in Changing Times
  2. pp. 84-105
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 5. Oswiata and Ameryka-Echo
  2. pp. 106-131
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 6. Letter-Writing Communities in the Polish American Press
  2. pp. 132-150
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 7. The Corner for Everybody
  2. pp. 151-171
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 8. Private Letters in the Public Sphere
  2. pp. 172-194
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 195-206
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Notes
  2. pp. 207-258
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 259-278
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Index
  2. pp. 279-294
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
Back To Top

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.