@article{0a1810cb-00f7-47ac-a17b-0d79cf5204a7,
author = {Neal  Pease},
title = {“Bolujmy więc!”: Polish Americans and Bowling in Milwaukee},
journal = {Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora},
volume = {2019 (XLV)},
number = {Vol. 3 (173)},
year = {2019},
issn = {2081-4488},
pages = {59-68},keywords = {bowling; Milwaukee; Polish American Bowling Association; Polish Americans; Polonia; taverns},
abstract = {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.},
doi = {10.4467/25444972SMPP.19.033.11075},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/bolujmy-wiec-polish-americans-and-bowling-in-milwaukee}
}