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Contents
Ch. 1. Immigrants and Hosts -- Ch. 2. Migration and Reception -- Ch. 3. Poverty, Philanthropy, and Poor Relief -- Ch. 4. Hospitals, Cholera, and Medical Care -- Ch. 5. Environmental Reform -- Ch. 6. Sectarian Conflicts: Churches and Schools -- Ch. 7. Street Violence and the Pursuit of Public Order.
Summary
"This is not a traditional study of the Irish famine migrants; rather, it is a comparative analysis of how two of the most important host cities - Liverpool and Philadelphia - responded to emerging policy dilemmas in the midst of the Irish famine" -- Acknowledgments.