Real lace revisited / / James P. MacGuire

• Autore: MacGuire James P.
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : LP, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.89162073
• Soggetto topico: Irish Americans; Upper class - United States; Rich people - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs; United States Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface: In praise of Stephen Birmingham -- Foreword: The real first Irish family -- McDonnell & Co. : the aftermath -- The rise of the wealthy Irish Catholics -- WASPs, Jews, and the Irish -- Southward and westward -- Faith of our fathers (and mothers) -- Profile: Portsmouth Priory : the early years -- From counting houses to carryout -- Profile: Tom Monaghan and Domino's Pizza -- High (and low) society -- Profile: Watering holes : Saratoga, Southampton, Newport -- Sport -- Profile: The Maras and Rooneys : from racing to pro football -- In the public arena -- Profile: The Kennedys and the Buckleys -- Vatican II : an age of anxiety -- The 1960s : high-water mark -- Profile: Portsmouth again : from priory to abbey -- Gratitude -- Profile: Peter Flanigan and student sponsor partners -- Assimilation : leaving the ghetto -- Decay and falling away -- Epilogue: Endings and new beginnings.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birmingham's much-loved Real Lace. James P. MacGuire, a member of one of Birmingham's Irish families, creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the Irish rich, further detailing and filling out this engrossing portion of America's social history"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Real lace revisited
• ISBN: 1-4930-3734-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155113803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II