On the Irish Waterfront : The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York /

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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, James Terence
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Missions > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
On the waterfront (Motion picture)
Stevedores.
Missions.
Church work with the working class.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Church work with the working class > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
Port districts > Corrupt practices > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
Irish Americans > Employment > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
Stevedores > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
United States > Hudson River Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Boys of the Irish Waterfront
  • The Soul of the Port
  • Waterfront Apotheosis.

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