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MacGuire James P. |
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Titolo |
Real lace revisited / / James P. MacGuire |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : LP, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Irish Americans |
Upper class - United States |
Rich people - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Social life and customs |
United States Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface: In praise of Stephen Birmingham -- Foreword: The real first Irish family -- McDonnell & Co. : the aftermath -- The rise of the wealthy Irish Catholics -- WASPs, Jews, and the Irish -- Southward and westward -- Faith of our fathers (and mothers) -- Profile: Portsmouth Priory : the early years -- From counting houses to carryout -- Profile: Tom Monaghan and Domino's Pizza -- High (and low) society -- Profile: Watering holes : Saratoga, Southampton, Newport -- Sport -- Profile: The Maras and Rooneys : from racing to pro football -- In the public arena -- Profile: The Kennedys and the Buckleys -- Vatican II : an age of anxiety -- The 1960s : high-water mark -- Profile: Portsmouth again : from priory to abbey -- Gratitude -- Profile: Peter Flanigan and student sponsor partners -- Assimilation : leaving the ghetto -- Decay and falling away -- Epilogue: Endings and new beginnings. |
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"Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birmingham's much-loved Real Lace. James P. MacGuire, a member of one of Birmingham's Irish families, creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the Irish rich, further detailing and filling out this |
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