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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Table of Contents:
  • The street
  • The parish
  • The workplace
  • The stage
  • The machine
  • The nation.