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Autore |
Metress Seamus P |
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Titolo |
Irish in Michigan [[electronic resource] /] / Seamus P. Metress and Eileen K. Metress |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (103 p.) |
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Collana |
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Discovering the peoples of Michigan |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - Michigan - History |
Irish Americans - Michigan - History |
Irish Americans - Michigan - Social conditions |
Electronic books. |
Michigan Ethnic relations |
Michigan Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-87) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Irish emigration to America -- The urban Irish in Detroit -- The Irish beyond Detroit -- Beyond the neighborhood today. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Irish immigration to the United States can be divided into five general periods, from 1640 to the present: the colonial, prestarvation, great starvation, post-starvation, and post- independence periods. Immigration to the Great Lakes region and, more specifically, to Michigan was differentially influenced during each of these times. The oppressive historical roots of the Irish in both Ireland and nineteenth century America are important to understand in gaining an appreciation for their concern with socioeconomic status. The Irish first entered the Great Lakes by way of the Ohio River and |
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