Erin's Heirs : Irish Bonds of Community.

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""They will melt like snowflakes in the sun, "" said one observer of nineteenth-century Irish emigrants to America. Not only did they not melt, they formed one of the most extensive and persistent ethnic subcultures in American history. Dennis Clark now offers an insightful analy...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Clark, Dennis, 1927-1993
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Sujets:
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Ethnic identity.
Irish American families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Familles américaines d'origine irlandaise > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Irish American families.
Irish Americans > Ethnic identity.
Social conditions.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:""They will melt like snowflakes in the sun, "" said one observer of nineteenth-century Irish emigrants to America. Not only did they not melt, they formed one of the most extensive and persistent ethnic subcultures in American history. Dennis Clark now offers an insightful analysis of the social means this group has used to perpetuate its distinctiveness amid the complexity of American urban life. Basing his study on family stories, oral interviews, organizational records, census data, radio scripts, and the recollections of revolutionaries and intellectuals, Clark offers an absorbing panorama
Description matérielle:1 online resource (249 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813150512
0813150515

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