02757oam 22005654a 450 991052468910332120210915045220.0(CKB)4100000010460826(OCoLC)1102420174(MdBmJHUP)muse78646(EXLCZ)99410000001046082620190524e20191994 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSouth Boston, My Home TownThe History of an Ethnic Neighborhood /Thomas H. O'Connor ; [new foreword by Lawrence W. Kennedy]Northeastern University Press1 online resource (1 online resource xvii, 259 pages) : illustrationsReprint of 1994 edition with new foreword.Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International LicenseOriginally published: Boston : Quinlan Press, ©1988.1-55553-880-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-254) and index.Introduction -- From Colony to Community -- The Immigrant Tide -- Forming a Neighborhood -- Pensulia Politics -- "My Home Town" -- Photographs -- Changing Times -- Under Siege -- Looking Ahead.An engaging yet objective look at the 350 year old history of Southie, a neighborhood that has survived largely unchanged since the early days of immigrant Irish families and old time political bosses. Originally published by Quinlan Press in 1988 and reprinted by Northeastern University Press in 1994. With a new foreword by Lawrence W. Kennedy.Irish Americansfast(OCoLC)fst00978933Ethnic relationsfast(OCoLC)fst00916005Irish AmericansMassachusettsBostonHistoryMassachusettsBostonSouth BostonfastMassachusettsBostonfastBoston (Mass.)Ethnic relationsBoston (Mass.)HistorySouth Boston (Boston, Mass.)Ethnic relationsSouth Boston (Boston, Mass.)HistoryHistory.Electronic books. Irish Americans.Ethnic relations.Irish AmericansHistory.O'Connor Thomas H.1922-2012,1200163Kennedy Lawrence W.1952-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524689103321South Boston, My Home Town2772226UNINA