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 lFg6NbRWAODI_74N'><strong>REGISTER</strong></a>\n\nSouthern and Eastern Eu
 ropeans immigrated to tough jobs in the state's mines and mills.\n\nIn the
  late 19th and early 20th centuries\, immigrants of the many nationalities
  of southern and eastern Europe found economic opportunity in the mines an
 d mills of Pennsylvania and the difficult and dangerous work that they off
 ered. The numerous contrasts between their rural origins\, the working con
 ditions they faced\, and the lives they built show the fundamental economi
 c and social changes at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. \n\nJoin u
 s for the second program in our virtual speaker series presented by the Hi
 storical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County and the Heinz History
  Center Affiliates Program. The program is Free courtesy of the Somerset F
 raternal Order of Eagles\, but space is limited. Register to reserve your 
 spot.\n\n<strong>About the Speaker</strong>\n\n<em>Perry K. Blatz taught U
 nited States history and public history for more than twenty-five years be
 fore his recent retirement. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton Universit
 y and has specialized in the economic and labor history of the 19th centur
 y. He is the author of Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the 
 Anthracite Coal Industry\, 1875-1925 (SUNY Press\, 1994) and Eckley Miners
 ’ Village (Stackpole Books\, 2003). He is also a co-author of Keystone of 
 Democracy: A History of Pennsylvania Workers (Pennsylvania Historical and 
 Museum Commission\, 1999). More recently he has published articles in West
 ern Pennsylvania History and Pennsylvania History on the 1877 railroad rio
 ts in Pittsburgh. He is currently examining the fiscal problems that bedev
 iled Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as they sought to fund railroad devel
 opment in the 1850s.<em></em></em>
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DESCRIPTION:<a href='https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvf-GsqDojG9Vq0nUIl
 Fg6NbRWAODI_74N'><strong>REGISTER</strong></a>\n\nSouthern and Eastern Eur
 opeans immigrated to tough jobs in the state's mines and mills.\n\nIn the 
 late 19th and early 20th centuries\, immigrants of the many nationalities 
 of southern and eastern Europe found economic opportunity in the mines and
  mills of Pennsylvania and the difficult and dangerous work that they offe
 red. The numerous contrasts between their rural origins\, the working cond
 itions they faced\, and the lives they built show the fundamental economic
  and social changes at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. \n\nJoin us
  for the second program in our virtual speaker series presented by the His
 torical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County and the Heinz History 
 Center Affiliates Program. The program is Free courtesy of the Somerset Fr
 aternal Order of Eagles\, but space is limited. Register to reserve your s
 pot.\n\n<strong>About the Speaker</strong>\n\n<em>Perry K. Blatz taught Un
 ited States history and public history for more than twenty-five years bef
 ore his recent retirement. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University
  and has specialized in the economic and labor history of the 19th century
 . He is the author of Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the A
 nthracite Coal Industry\, 1875-1925 (SUNY Press\, 1994) and Eckley Miners’
  Village (Stackpole Books\, 2003). He is also a co-author of Keystone of D
 emocracy: A History of Pennsylvania Workers (Pennsylvania Historical and M
 useum Commission\, 1999). More recently he has published articles in Weste
 rn Pennsylvania History and Pennsylvania History on the 1877 railroad riot
 s in Pittsburgh. He is currently examining the fiscal problems that bedevi
 led Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as they sought to fund railroad develo
 pment in the 1850s.<em></em></em>
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SUMMARY:Immigrating to Work:
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