The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780252039096)

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.

Author: Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann
ISBN-10: 0252039092
ISBN-13: 9780252039096
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.22w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2015