James S Pula

Biographic Data

ID3088884
NAMEJames S Pula
GIVEN NAMESJames S
FAMILY NAMEPula
SIGNATUREPULA J S
AFFILIATIONSPurdue University Northwest
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS56
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT56
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • In Memoriam Joseph Hapak

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2026

  • Thaddeus Vladimir Gromada (1929–2025)

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2026

    Born in Passaic, New Jersey, on the eve of the Great Depression in 1929 and only two years after his parents Jan and Aniela arrived from Poland, beginning at a young age Thaddeus V. Gromada took his ethnic heritage very seriously. The experience of growing up in a family with recent memories of Poland and speaking Polish at home, coupled with the trauma of the German invasion of Poland when he was only ten years old, solidified a lifelong interes…

  • Artist in Concrete and Steel

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2025

  • Polish Immigrants in Civil War Louisiana

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2024

    The American Civil War, it can be argued, was the most significant formative event in the nation's history after the Revolutionary War and Constitutional Convention. Although reams of books are published each year on the conflict, some of them centering on issues related to immigration and ethnicity, very few have examined in any detail the role of Polish immigrants. Especially absent is any detailed investigation of Poles residing in the South e…

  • The Causes and Characteristics of Polish Immigration to the United States

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2023

    Statistics from the JSTOR database indicate that an article on the causes and nature of Polish migration to the United States has, over the last two decades, been the most often consulted and downloaded item from Polish American Studies even though it was first published more than seven decades ago. This article is an attempt to update and greatly expand on that earlier effort by taking a longitudinal view of the subject from 1608 through 2020. I…

  • Joseph Wieczerzak (1931–2022)

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2023

    As a young beginning graduate student, I first met Joe Wieczerzak about 1969 when I was just beginning my research for an M.A. thesis and later dissertation on General Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. Not only was he interested in my work, but quickly offered to share with me his large collection of research materials, introduced me to Henry Archacki who had even more material of use to my project, and continually offered suggestions and other introduct…

  • “Greasy Thumb”—The Man Who Made the Chicago Mob

    James S PulaARTICLEJournal of the Illinois State…2022

    ONE DAY IN MAY OF 1924, during the era of Prohibition, a local tough named Joe Howard entered Heinie Jacobs's saloon at 2300 South Wabash in Chicago. He was in high spirits, having just hijacked a truckload of beer, and wanted to celebrate with his newfound wealth. What happened next was subject to various versions written after the events by people who were not there, but it appears that after indulging too much in a forbidden beverage, Howard d…

  • Roman Pucinski Works for Polonia

    Dominic A Pacyga, James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2022

    Brief biographies such as those that appear in encyclopedias generally outline the more significant events in the life of the subject but seldom give insight into how other people viewed the protagonist. Currently president of the Polish Museum of America in Chicago, Richard Owsiany has been active in the Polish American community for his entire adult life, including working as Roman Pucinski's chief legislative analyst in the Chicago City Counci…

  • Roman Pucinski

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2022

    Roman Pucinski served in the US House of Representatives for fourteen years during one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in American history. Protests about the war in Vietnam, racial tensions, and technological development added to what was then an unprecedented number of urban riots, all combined to place exceptional pressure on legislators to respond to the various crises. In all these areas, Pucinski played a leading part in fi…

  • Pułaski at Savannah

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2022

    Pułaski at Savannah” is a tale of two mysteries. The first is the recreation of the actual events surrounding the general's mortal wounding at the Siege of Savannah in October 1779, an event that has often been embellished and exaggerated. The second is the controversy over whether the remains that rest inside the Pułaski monument in Savannah, Georgia, are really those of the celebrated leader. This article will explore both issues, relying on or…

  • American Warsaw

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2022

    Written by a preeminent historian of Chicago and prominent historian of Polonia, American Warsaw attempts the daunting task of explaining the long and intricate history of Polish Chicago within the limited confines of a single volume of only 267 pages of text. Nevertheless, it succeeds admirably.Unlike more insular parochial studies of ethnic communities that focus inwardly on the group and its development, Pacyga recognizes that these neighborho…

  • “Our Sacred Duty”

    Open AccessJames S PulaARTICLEStudia Historica Gedanensia2021

    [Nasz święty obowiązek” – walka polskiej diaspory o niepodległość Polski w latach 1894–1921] Ponad 100 lat temu, w dziesięcioleciu poprzedzającym pierwszą wojnę światową, Wacław Kruszka pisał, że Polak w Ameryce jest kulturowo inny niż Polak w Polsce, ale mimo to odczuwa braterstwo duchowe i lojalność wobec bycia „Polakiem”. To przywiązanie do ojczyzny przodków przejawiało się już w diasporze poprzez starania o zachowanie polskiej kultury i wspie…

  • Mr. Jefferson’s Secret Agent

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2021References: 1

    When Tadeusz Kościuszko returned to the United States in 1797, serious political divisions divided the nation, war threatened between the U.S. and France, and the wars of the French Revolution had Europe in turmoil. Each of these circumstances shaped his brief stay in America and his eventual return to Europe. This article examines the domestic political factionalism that led Thomas Jefferson, then vice president of the United States, to enlist K…

  • Stanisław Gutowski

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2021

    World War I erupted at a time when immigrants were entering the United States at a rate of almost one million per year. According to the 1910 census, there were 13,515,886 foreign-born residents, accounting for 14.7 percent of the population. Among the two largest nationality groups, Italians and Poles, 51.3 percent of the former and 45.8 percent of the latter lacked any English-language skills on arrival. When the United States entered the war i…

  • A Retrospective on Polish American Studies

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2020

    Research Article| April 01 2020 A Retrospective on Polish American Studies James S. Pula James S. Pula James S. Pula is a professor of history at Purdue University Northwest. The author and editor of more than a dozen books on the Polish diaspora, he served as editorin-chief of The Polish American Encyclopedia and was the editor of the academic journal Polish American Studies for some thirty-three years. His work has been honored with the Mieczys…

  • Negotiating Conflict in an Ethno-Religious Community

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2020

    Immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 who were ethnically Polish were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic in their religious beliefs. Early Polish American communities almost always developed around a church, and the clergy became early community leaders. Because of this focus on religion, and the history of their homeland being partitioned by other nations, Poles were particularly sensitive to attempts by the Roman Catholic hierarchy t…

  • Creating the New Right Ethnic in 1970s America

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2019

  • The Noblest Deed in a Hundred Years”

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2018

    Research Article| April 01 2018 “The Noblest Deed in a Hundred Years”: Polish Participation in the Antislavery Crusade James S. Pula James S. Pula James S. Pula is a professor of history at Purdue University-North Central. The author and editor of more than a dozen books on the Polish diaspora and the American Civil War, he served as editor-in-chief of The Polish American Encyclopedia and was the editor of the academic journal Polish American Stu…

  • Mark Kulikowski

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2018

    Research Article| October 01 2018 Mark Kulikowski James S. Pula James S. Pula Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Polish American Studies (2018) 75 (2): 6–7. https://doi.org/10.5406/poliamerstud.75.2.0006 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation James S. Pula; Mark Kulikowski. Polish American Studies 1 October 2018; 75 (2): 6–7. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/poliamerstu…

  • Red and White Umbrella

    James S PulaARTICLEThe Polish Review2018

    Book Review| April 01 2018 Red and White Umbrella: The Polish American Congress in the Cold War, 1944–1988 Joanna Wojdon, Red and White Umbrella: The Polish American Congress in the Cold War, 1944–1988, (Reno, NV: Helena History Press LLC, 2015). 360 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. ISBN 978-1-943596-00-3. James S. Pula James S. Pula Purdue University Northwest Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Polish Review (…

  • Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2017

    Book Review| October 01 2017 Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War: Divided Poles in a Divided Nation Mark F. Bielski, Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War: Divided Poles in a Divided Nation, (Philadelphia: Casemate, 2016). 296 pp. Bibliography, index, maps, photos. ISBN 978-1-61200-358-0. James S. Pula James S. Pula Purdue University Northwest James S. Pula is professor of history at Purdue University North Central. The …

  • Français or Polski

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2017

  • Remembering Victor Greene

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2016

    Research Article| October 01 2016 Remembering Victor Greene James S. Pula James S. Pula James S. Pula is Professor of History at Purdue University. His expertise includes ethnic and immigration studies, along with the American Civil War and Reconstruction. From 1982 to 2015, Pula was the Editor-in-Chief of Polish American Studies. He was also editor of The Polish American Encyclopedia (2011). Dr. Pula has authored multiple books, including New Yo…

  • Introducing the Polish Experience into American History

    James S PulaARTICLEPolish American Studies2016

    Research Article| April 01 2016 Introducing the Polish Experience into American History James S. Pula James S. Pula Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Polish American Studies (2016) 73 (1): 23–29. https://doi.org/10.5406/poliamerstud.73.1.0023 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation James S. Pula; Introducing the Polish Experience into American History. Polish Ameri…

  • Were There Really Poles in New Netherland

    James S Pula, Pien VersteeghARTICLEPolish American Studies2016