“Bolujmy więc!”: Polish Americans and Bowling in Milwaukee

• Authors: Pease Neal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Bowling played a key role in community life among Polish Americans in Milwaukee during the first half of the 20th century. This working-class pastime was uniquely suited to industrial Milwaukee, which long held the reputation as “America’s bowling capital,” and the Polonia of the city accounted for a dominant share of its bowling public, focused for the most part in alleys within taverns on the Polish “South Side.” The locally-based Polish American Bowling Association attempted to unite Polish American bowling nationwide under its leadership. The bowling culture of Polish Milwaukee came to an end by mid-century, linked with larger social phenomena such as suburbanization and ethnic succession in what had been traditional ethnic urban neighborhoods.

Keywords

EN

BOWLING; MILWAUKEE; POLISH AMERICAN BOWLING ASSOCIATION; POLISH AMERICANS; POLONIA; TAVERNS

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3 (173)
• Pages: 59–68

Contributors

author

Pease Neal

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee