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Hungarian American Toledo

Life and Times in Toledo's Birmingham Neighborhood

Edited by Thomas E. Barden and John Ahern, 2002.

"Hungarian American Toledo offers a model for ethnographic research and writing by bringing together so many disciplinary perspectives. The cultural traditions explored in these essays are rich and provocative."

-- Dr. Lucy Long, Bowling Green State University

Excerpt:

In 1892, the National Malleable Castings Company of Cleveland, Ohio, transferred approximately 200 Hungarian workers from its home foundry to a newly built East Toledo site. The Birmingham neighborhood quickly became a major working-class Hungarian enclave and thrived through the first half of the 20th century. Birmingham was revitalized in the 1970's when a plan to build a highway exit through the community rallied its citizens to action. Today, Birmingham remains a vibrant neighborhood. The essays of Hungarian American Toledo tell its story.

Copies of "Hungarian American Toledo" are available by mail from: The University of Toledo, Urban Affairs Center, Mail Stop 404, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606. Copies are $15.00 plus $1.35 for postage and handling. Make checks payable to: University of Toledo Foundation.

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Book cover of Hungarian American Toledo