Lithuanian Diaspora: Knigsberg to Chicago Book

This book traces the development of a Lithuanian sense of peoplehood and unravels their invisible configuration of values. By analyzing the dynamics of their diaspora mentality, the work presents a picture of a people armed with an ideology that enables them to nonviolently confront the first principles of American nationality. Contents: Old World Roots; Emergence of a Lithuanian Community in Chicago; A New Wave of Emigration in the Making; Exiles Not Immigrants; Establishment of Institutions to Deflect Assimilation; A Catholic Identity; Lithuanian Involvement in Organized Political Action.

Author Biography: Antanas J. Van Reenan holds a doctorate in intellectual history from the University of Chicago and presently teaches American History at Columbia College. He also is project director of "Urban Agenda: Five Stars Over Chicago", a model Afro-American Saturday School System on the south side of Chicago.