viii, 198 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-191) and index.
Contents
Puritans, Presbyterians, and Papists (1700-1770) -- Tories and patriots, pirates and painters (the 1770s) -- Here come the Catholics (1780-1830) -- Fighting over the Irish (the 1830s) -- Invasion of the fruitful barbarians (the 1840s) -- The have-nothings meet the know-nothings (the 1850s) -- The Irish come marching home again (the 1860s) -- Poets, patriots, and publishers of the Gilded Age (1870-1900) -- The Irish take the field (1890-1920) -- The World's greatest Irish city (1900-1930) -- Musical stages : Symphony Hall and Hibernian Hall (1900-1940) -- The Camelot Era : JFK seizes the day (1945-1965) -- The Irish on the move (1965-1985) -- The Gaelic roots revival (1985-2000) -- Who's Irish? -- The late great Irish generation.
