The presentation of Ivan Kos (1846-1907), a Slovene emigrant businessman and a man of many talents (music, painting, chess...) who spent most of his life in Russia, is based on his family correspondence and several published sources. It also includes some personal memories of his daughter Ana (married Zalokar). Most interesting are his views on the prerevolutionary scenery and the last decades of the tzarist Russia.

The presentation of Ivan Kos (1846-1907), a Slovene emigrant businessman and a man of many talents (music, painting, chess...) who spent most of his life in Russia, is based on his family correspondence and several published sources. It also includes some personal memories of his daughter Ana (married Zalokar). Most interesting are his views on the prerevolutionary scenery and the last decades of the tzarist Russia.

The report was written in Slovene language.

The report was written in Slovene language.

The resettlement in Argentina of the majority of the Slovene political emigration from Austria and Italy as a single group including their infants, aged and infirm is a remarkable example of refugee self-empowerment in the face of considerable initial official discouragement, and as such deserves to be recorded and documented fully.

The resettlement in Argentina of the majority of the Slovene political emigration from Austria and Italy as a single group including their infants, aged and infirm is a remarkable example of refugee self-empowerment in the face of considerable initial official discouragement, and as such deserves to be recorded and documented fully.

The review was written in Slovene language.

The review was written in Slovene language.

This paper discusses the active response of Polish immigrants to the social and political realities of industrial America. It considers cases where ethnicity coincided with class. It explores how Polish immigrants used elements of national or folk culture in their struggle to advance their social position. And it demonstrates that the use of such elements of ethnic culture enabled the Polish immigrant working class to appeal to the wider ethnic community, including the ethnic middle class, for support during strikes and other forms of protest.

This paper discusses the active response of Polish immigrants to the social and political realities of industrial America. It considers cases where ethnicity coincided with class. It explores how Polish immigrants used elements of national or folk culture in their struggle to advance their social position. And it demonstrates that the use of such elements of ethnic culture enabled the Polish immigrant working class to appeal to the wider ethnic community, including the ethnic middle class, for support during strikes and other forms of protest.