| Description |
xii, 398 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Columbia guides to American history and cultures
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-376) and index. |
| Contents |
I: A history of Irish Americans from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century -- Introduction : the Irish immigrants and ethnics -- Irish immigration to colonial America -- Irish America from the revolution to the famine -- The famine years -- The turn of the twentieth century -- The twentieth century -- The 1960s to the present -- II: Issues and themes in Irish American history -- Irish American gender and family -- Irish Americans in politics -- Irish American nationalism -- Irish Americans and race -- III: Important people, organizations, events, and terms -- IV: Chronology of Irish America. |
| Subject |
Irish Americans -- History.
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Irish Americans. |
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History. |
| Added Title |
Irish American history |
| ISBN |
0231120702 acid-free paper |
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