| Description |
ix, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Old Ireland : from its beginnings to the eighteenth century -- Irish immigration in the colonial era : 1585-1775 -- Irish America in the age of revolution : 1775-1815 -- Irish America in transition : 1815-1845 -- The famine and Irish immigrants in America : 1845-1880 -- The famine Irish American community in an America in crisis : 1845-1880 -- A new generation and new immigrants in turn-of-the-century America : 1880-1928 -- Searching for their place at the end of the nineteenth century : the Irish American community, 1880-1908 -- Finding their place : the Irish American community, 1900-1928 -- Rising power : Irish Americans in New Deal America, 1928-1939 -- The old order at high tide : Irish America in World War II and postwar America, 1940-1960 -- Epilogue and conclusion. |
| Summary |
"The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial times through the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Irish Americans -- History -- 18th century.
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Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
Making and remaking of a people from Roanoke to JFK |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Meagher, Timothy J. Becoming Irish American. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023] 9780300275834 (OCoLC)1402246412 |
| ISBN |
9780300126273 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0300126271 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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