Lives of Their Own depicts the strikingly different lives of black, Italian, and Polish immigrants in Pittsburgh. Within a comparative framework, the book focuses on the migration process itself, job procurement, and occupational mobility, family structure, home-ownership, and neighborhood institutions. By blending oral histories with quantitative data, the authors have created a convincing multilayered portrait of working-class life in one of our great industrial cities.''It is a rich and significant addition to the literature of both ethnic and urban history.'' -- Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine''An important contribution to a significant and growing field of inquiry.'' -- Choice
