Making the Irish American [[electronic resource] ] : history and heritage of the Irish in the United States / / edited by J.J. Lee and Marion R. Casey

• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (752 p.)
• Disciplina: 973/.049162
• Soggetto topico: Irish Americans - History; Irish - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CaseyMarion R. <1962-> LeeJoseph <1942->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Interpreting Irish America; The Irish Background; 2 Modern Ireland: An Introductory Survey; Foundations; 3 Scots Irish or Scotch-Irish; 4 The Irish in North America, 1776-1845; 5 The Remaking of Irish-America, 1845-1880; Conflicts of Identity; 6 Ulster Presbyterians and the "Two Traditions" in Irelandand America; 7 Religious Rivalry and the Making of Irish-American Identity; 8 Address to the Ulster-Irish Society of New York, 1939; 9 American-Irish Nationalism ; 10 Refractive History: Memory and the Founders of theEmigrant Savings Bank11 Ubiquitous Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Servicein America, 1840-1930; 12 Labor and Labor Organizations; 13 Race, Violence, and Anti-Irish Sentiment in the Nineteenth Century; Popular Expressions of Identity; 14 Irish-American Popular Music; 15 The Irish and Vaudeville; 16 Irish Traditional Music in the United States; 17 Before Riverdance: A Brief History of Irish Step Dancing in America; 18 Irish-American Festivals; 19 Irish Americans in Sports: The Nineteenth Century ; 20 Irish Americans in Sports: The Twentieth CenturyReflections; 21 The Irish (1963, 1970); 22 Once We Were Kings (1999); 23 Democracy in Action (1988); 24 Irish America, 1940-2000; 25 Twentieth-Century American Catholicism and Irish Americans; 26 The Fireman on the Stairs: Communal Loyalties in theMaking of Irish America; 27 The Tradition of Irish-American Writers: The Twentieth Century; 28 Looking for Jimmy (1999); 29 The Future of Irish America (2000); Appendix: The Irish in the U.S. Census: An Explanatory Note; Contributors; Permissions; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Making the Irish American
• ISBN: 0-8147-5349-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454011303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II