| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xi, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-336) and index. |
| Summary |
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this highest office in the land. |
| Contents |
A forgotten era, 1700-1840. Here come the Irish ; A time of transition -- The famine generation and beyond, 1840-1920. The great hunger ; From paddies to patriots ; The Catholic Irish ; Born to rule ; Strike ; Nation among nations -- Becoming American, 1920-1960. Up from the city streets ; Irish Catholicism's golden age ; City Hall and the union hall -- Irish and American, 1960-2000. The triumph of the Irish ; It's chic to be Irish. |
| Subject |
Irish Americans -- History.
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| ISBN |
159691419X alkaline paper |
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9781596914193 alkaline paper |
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