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The New York Irish
Contributor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. (Editor), Meagher, Timothy (Editor)
ISBN: 0801857643     ISBN-13: 9780801857645
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.90  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 1997
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Annotation: As one of the country's oldest ethnic groups, the Irish have played a vital part in its history. New York has been both port of entry and home to the Irish for three centuries. This joint project of the Irish Institute and the New York Irish History Roundtable offers a fresh perspective on an immigrant people's encounter with the famed metropolis. 37 illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - General
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
Dewey: 974.71
LCCN: 95020319
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.95" (2.49 lbs) 768 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:

When Ellis Island opened in 1892, nearly four million Irish men and women had already made the journey to America. By the 1990s, Ireland had sent another million or more. New York has been both port of entry and home to the Irish for three centuries. During that time, America's premier city has undergone massive changes, and the Irish--one of the country's oldest ethnic groups--have played a vital part in its history.

The New York Irish tackles subjects like the medicalization of anti-immigrant prejudice; entrepreneurship in business; the impact of music and language on ethnic social life; the effect of nationalist movements on local politics; the dynamics of Irish relations with African-Americans, Chinese, and Dominicans; the battle for freedom of religious expression; and the problem of illegal immigration. It offers a fresh perspective on an immigrant people's encounter with the famed metropolis.

A joint project of the Irish Institute and the New York Irish History Roundtable


Contributor Bio(s): Bayor, Ronald H.: - Ronald H. Bayor is a professor emeritus of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. He is author of Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941, and coeditor of The New York Irish, both published by Johns Hopkins.