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Pages: 348
Authors: W. H. A. Williams
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The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citize
Irish America
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Pages: 274
Authors: Maureen Dezell
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Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contr
Irish Boston
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Michael Quinlin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The fascinating story of the Irish in Boston unfolds in this engagingly written history-cum-guidebook. Full of heroism and romance, politics and brawls, it tell
Reading Irish-American Fiction
Language: en
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Authors: M. Hallissy
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This book analyzes five novels, all published between 1989 and 1999, in which the main characters are 'hyphenated people': Americans who are ancestrally joined
Textures of Irish America
Language: en
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Authors: Lawrence J. McCaffrey
Categories: Social Science
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The "textures" of the Irish-American experience have been manifold, greatly influencing this country's economic, social, and cultural development over the past