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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Dennis, 1927-1993
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Irish Americans > Ethnic identity.
Irish American families.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Familles americaines d'origine irlandaise > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Irish American families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Ethnic identity.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:""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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages).
ISBN:9780813150512

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