Bibliograph

The Irish Americans, a history, Jay P. Dolan

Type

Label

The Irish Americans, a history, Jay P. Dolan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-336) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Irish Americans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

601678242

Responsibility statement

Jay P. Dolan

Sub title

a history

Summary

Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this highest office in the land

Table Of Contents

The forgotten era, 1700-1840 -- The famine generation and beyond, 1840-1920 -- Becoming American, 1920-1960 -- Irish and American, 1960-2000

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