LEADER 04393nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910451374203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51070-5 010 $a1-4237-3398-3 024 7 $a10.7312/meag12070 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458311 035 $a(EBL)908422 035 $a(OCoLC)826476193 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000125153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134899 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026884 035 $a(PQKB)10201232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908422 035 $a(DE-B1597)459125 035 $a(OCoLC)614995193 035 $a(OCoLC)979967628 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231510707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183568 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690485 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458311 100 $a20050127d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Columbia guide to Irish American history$b[electronic resource] /$fTimothy Meagher 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (413 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia guides to American history and cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12070-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-376) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tPART ONE. A HISTORY OF IRISH AMERICANS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY --$tINTRODUCTION. The Irish as Immigrants and Ethnics --$tCHAPTER ONE. Irish Immigration to Colonial America --$tCHAPTER TWO. Irish America from the Revolution to the Famine --$tCHAPTER THREE. The Famine Years --$tCHAPTER FOUR. The Turn of the Twentieth Century --$tCHAPTER FIVE. The Twentieth Century --$tCHAPTER SIX. The 1960's to the Present --$tPART TWO. ISSUES AND THEMES IN IRISH AMERICAN HISTORY --$tCHAPTER ONE Irish American Gender and Family --$tCHAPTER TWO. Irish Americans in Politics --$tCHAPTER THREE. Irish American Nationalism " --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Irish Americans and Race --$tPART THREE. IMPORTANT PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS , AND TERMS --$tPART FOUR. CHRONOLOGY OF IRISH AMERICA --$tPART FIVE. BIBLIOGRAPHY --$tIndex 330 $aOnce seen as threats to mainstream society, Irish Americans have become an integral part of the American story. More than 40 million Americans claim Irish descent, and the culture and traditions of Ireland and Irish Americans have left an indelible mark on U.S. society. Timothy J. Meagher fuses an overview of Irish American history with an analysis of historians' debates, an annotated bibliography, a chronology of critical events, and a glossary discussing crucial individuals, organizations, and dates. He addresses a range of key issues in Irish American history from the first Irish settlements in the seventeenth century through the famine years in the nineteenth century to the volatility of 1960's America and beyond. The result is a definitive guide to understanding the complexities and paradoxes that have defined the Irish American experience. Throughout the work, Meagher invokes comparisons to Irish experiences in Canada, Britain, and Australia to challenge common perceptions of Irish American history. He examines the shifting patterns of Irish migration, discusses the role of the Catholic church in the Irish immigrant experience, and considers the Irish American influence in U.S. politics and modern urban popular culture. Meagher pays special attention to Irish American families and the roles of men and women, the emergence of the Irish as a "governing class" in American politics, the paradox of their combination of fervent American patriotism and passionate Irish nationalism, and their complex and sometimes tragic relations with African and Asian Americans. 410 0$aColumbia guides to American history and cultures. 517 3 $aIrish American history 606 $aIrish Americans$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIrish Americans$xHistory. 676 $a973/.049162 700 $aMeagher$b Timothy J$01045635 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451374203321 996 $aThe Columbia guide to Irish American history$92472075 997 $aUNINA