| Irish America Contributor(s): Byron, Reginald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198233558 ISBN-13: 9780198233558 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: Few writers have asked how the notion of an Irish-American ethnic identity in contemporary America can be reconciled with five, six, or seven generations of intermarriage and assimilation over the last century and a half. This study, based on interviews with 500 people of Irish ancestry, aims to discover in what senses the present-day descendants of nineteenth-century Irish immigrants posses distinctive social practices and ways of seeing the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.891 |
| LCCN: 99019343 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.46" W x 8.51" (0.90 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland - Ethnic Orientation - Irish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few writers have asked how the notion of an Irish-American ethnic identity in contemporary America can be reconciled with five, six, or seven generations of intermarriage and assimilation over the last century and a half. This study, based on interviews with 500 people of Irish ancestry, aims to discover in what senses the present-day descendants of nineteenth-century Irish immigrants possess distinctive social practices and ways of seeing the world. |