| Description |
xi, 319 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 295-306. |
| Contents |
"The loved island of sorrow" -- Farewell to Erin -- City pioneers -- "Drill, my paddies, drill" -- As others saw them -- Militia, Firemen and policemen -- The Irish as farmers -- The men of '98 and '48 -- The Irish and the Catholic Church -- The lure of politics -- "America for Americans" -- The Irish and the negro -- The Irish and the Civil War -- The Fenian fiasco -- Anglophobia and Irish nationalism -- National politics, 1865-1900 -- The Irish and their fellow immigrants -- The sociable Irish -- Irish-American journalism -- The Irish in the labor movement -- Business and the professions -- In song and story -- The stage Irishman -- The field of sport -- World War I -- The state of Eire. |
| Subject |
Irish Americans -- History.
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