Black powder, white lace : the du Pont Irish and cultural identity in nineteenth-century America /

"Twenty years ago, Margaret Mulrooney's history of the community of Irish immigrant workers at the du Pont powder yards, Black Powder, White Lace, was published to wide acclaim. Now, as much of the materials Mulrooney used in her research are now electronically available to the public, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mulrooney, Margaret M., 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware, University of Delaware Press, [2023]
Edition:20th anniversary edition.
Series:Cultural studies of Delaware and the Eastern Shore
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Mutual interests
  • The ties that bind
  • A distinctive faith
  • The bean a ti (woman of the house)
  • Habitations
  • All the goods and chattels
  • Porches, yards, gardens, fences
  • Linen tablecloths and lace curtains.