The Irish Americans : a history /
Dolan, Jay P., 1936-
The Irish Americans : a history / Jay P. Dolan. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2008. - xi, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-336) and index.
The forgotten era, 1700-1840 -- The famine generation and beyond, 1840-1920 -- Becoming American, 1920-1960 -- Irish and American, 1960-2000.
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this highest office in the land.
159691419X : HRD $30.00 9781596914193
St Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151 SAN 631-5011
2008004476
Irish Americans--History.
E184.I6 / D59 2008
973/.049162
The Irish Americans : a history / Jay P. Dolan. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2008. - xi, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-336) and index.
The forgotten era, 1700-1840 -- The famine generation and beyond, 1840-1920 -- Becoming American, 1920-1960 -- Irish and American, 1960-2000.
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this highest office in the land.
159691419X : HRD $30.00 9781596914193
St Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151 SAN 631-5011
2008004476
Irish Americans--History.
E184.I6 / D59 2008
973/.049162