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The issues of immigration and integration are at the forefront of contemporary politics. Yet debates over foreign workers and the desirability of their incorporation into European and American societies too often are discussed without a sense of history. McCook's examination questions static assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago, highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Further, his research shows the complexity of attitudes toward immigration in Germany and the United

Polish people --- Polish Americans --- Immigrants --- Coal miners --- Community life --- Cultural assimilation --- History. --- Ruhr River Valley (Germany) --- Pennsylvania --- Ethnic relations.