Skip to content
Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Add to My Lists Add to Bag MARC Display Return to Browse More Information
     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958-

Title Special sorrows : the diasporic imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish immigrants in the United States / Matthew Frye Jacobson.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1995.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  304.873 J17S    Check Shelf
Description viii, 321 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction: The Diasporic Imagination -- I. The Culture of the Diaspora. 1. Exiles, Pilgrims, Wanderers: Migration in the Context of National Struggle. 2. Plaintive Song, Heroic Story: Nationalism and Immigrant Popular Culture. 3. Pillars of Fire: The Comparative Literatures of Immigrant Nationalism -- II. Nationalist Sensibility and American Expansionism. 4. Cuba Libre! Immigrant Versions of Spanish Tyranny, Cuban Rights, and American Power. 5. Windows on Imperialism: Nationalism, Race, and the Conquest of the Philippines -- Conclusion: The Diasporic Imagination in the Twentieth Century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-314) and index.
Subject Immigrants -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Irish -- United States -- Politics and government.
Polish people -- United States -- Politics and government.
Jews -- United States -- Politics and government.
ISBN 0674831853 (acid-free paper)
-->
Permanent Link
Add a Review

 

Library Links

Encore

Search Tools

Language Settings

English
Español