| Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and Its Irish Longshoremen Contributor(s): Connolly, Michael C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813037220 ISBN-13: 9780813037226 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 331.624 |
| Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.92 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Geographic Orientation - Maine - Cultural Region - New England - Locality - Portland, Maine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, losing its prominence only after WWII, as containerization came to dominate all shipping and Portland shifted its focus to tourism. Michael Connolly offers an in-depth study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. He shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks. Using this fascinating city and these hard-working longshoremen as a case study, he sheds light on a larger tale of ethnicity, class, regionalism, and globalization. |