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John Gutenko: Kid Williams the Baltimore Tiger 约翰-古腾科：巴尔的摩老虎基德-威廉姆斯

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.81.1.10

Thomas Tarapacki

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Disappearing Footprints in Harbin, China 中国哈尔滨消失的足迹

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.81.1.07

Stephen M. Leahy

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A Pictorial History of Black Rock, Buffalo, New York 纽约州布法罗市黑石镇的画史

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.81.1.08

Ewa E. Barczyk

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The (Food) Voice of the Silent 沉默者的（食物）声音

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.81.1.03

Eve Jochnowitz

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Footprints of Polonia and Public History 波洛尼亚足迹与公共历史

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.06

Joanna Wojdon

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We Don't Become Refugees by Choice: Mia Truskier, Survival, and Activism from Occupied Poland to California, 1920–2014 我们不是自愿成为难民:米娅·特鲁斯基，从被占领的波兰到加利福尼亚的生存和行动主义，1920-2014

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.13

Beata Halicka

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Emigracja Kaszubska. Zjawisko. Ludzie. Ośrodki 卡舒比移民。现象。人。中心

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.10

Kinga Alina Langowska

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Seeing Footprints of Polonia 看到波洛尼亚脚印

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.05

Jerome Krase

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Jewish Threads in a Polish Life Story 波兰人生活故事中的犹太线索

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.04

Mary Patrice Erdmans

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Between a Polish Shiksa and a Jewish Woman: Ambiguous Identities in Eva Mekler's Novels 波兰什卡莎和犹太女人之间:伊娃·梅克勒小说中的模糊身份

Polish American studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.5406/23300833.80.2.03

Grażyna J. Kozaczka

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