| The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925 Contributor(s): Emmons, David M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252061551 ISBN-13: 9780252061554 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1989 Annotation: This book began in 1982 when Catherine Dowling, a graduate student from Dublin, burst into my office with the news that she had found some Clan-na-Gael records at the World Museum of Mining in Butte. She used a part of those records to prepare her M.A. thesis. Later that year Michael Garrity uncovered some more 'Irish stuff' at the museum, incorporating it into his senior honors papers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 978.6 |
| LCCN: 88023231 |
| Series: Statue of Liberty Ellis Island |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.02" W x 8.96" (1.34 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this pioneering study, David Emmons tells the story of Butte's large and assertive population of Irish immigrants. He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness. From a treasure trove of "Irish stuff," the reports, minutes, and correspondence of the major Irish-American organizations in Butte, Emmons shows how the stalwart supporters of the RELA and the Ancient Order of Hiberians marched and drilled for Irish freedom---and how, as they ran the town, the miners' union, and the largest mining companies, they used this tradition of ethnic cooperation to ensure safe and steady work, Irish mines taking care of Irish miners. Butte was new, overwhelmingly Irish, and extraordinarily dangerous---the ideal place to test the seam between class and ethnicity. |