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Autore: | MacGuire James P. |
Titolo: | Real lace revisited / / James P. MacGuire |
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 |
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