| Description |
xiii, 458 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 415-442) |
| Contents |
ch. 1. The Irish inheritance -- ch. 2. The struggle for the city -- ch. 3. Politics and civil war -- ch. 4. The Irish style in politics -- ch. 5. Tammany -- ch. 6. The Gold Coast Irish -- ch. 7. Idols of the crowd -- ch. 8. Cardinal Gibbons -- ch. 9. The changing image -- ch. 10. The education of Al Smith -- ch. 11. Boston Irish -- ch. 12. The legend of Jim Curley -- ch. 13. The Irish in literature -- ch. 14. The Irish in the theater -- ch. 15. A tale of two priests -- ch. 16. The New Deal: the opportunity -- ch. 17. The New Deal: the aftermath -- ch. 18. McCarthyism -- ch. 19. President John F. Kennedy. |
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Irish Americans -- History.
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Ireland -- Emigration and immigration.
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