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The Irish way : becoming American in the multiethnic city /

A lively, street-level history of turn-of-the-century urban life explores the Americanizing influence of the Irish on successive waves of migrants to the American city. Historian James R. Barrett chronicles how a new urban American identity was forged in the interactions between immigrants in the st...

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Main Author:	Barrett, James R., 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Irish > United States > History > 19th century. Irish > United States > History > 20th century. National characteristics, Irish. City and town life > United States > History > 19th century. City and town life > United States > History > 20th century. Cultural pluralism > United States. Ireland > Emigration and immigration. United States > Emigration and immigration.

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