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UNINA9910965118603321 |
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Autore |
Lynch-Brennan Margaret |
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Titolo |
The Irish Bridget : Irish immigrant women in domestic service in America, 1840-1930 |
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[Place of publication not identified], : Syracuse University Press, 2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Collana |
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Irish studies The Irish Bridget |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Household employees - History - 19th century - United States |
Household employees - History - 20th century - United States |
Immigrants - United States - History - 19th century |
Immigrants - United States - History - 20th century |
Irish American women - History - 19th century - United States |
Irish American women - History - 20th century - United States |
Business & Economics |
Labor & Workers' Economics |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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c -- 14_03632 Text SProof -- bc. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Bridget" was the Irish immigrant servant girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth.She is widely known as a pop culture cliché: the young girl who wreaked havoc in middle-class American homes. |
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