The New York Irish - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801851998 ISBN 13 : 9780801851995

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This work tells the story of these immigrants and their descendants. From the first Irish residents of Dutch New Amsterdam to the politically influential United Irish exiles a century later, from the gallant "Union Green" patriots in the Civil War to the dramatic rise and fall of Irish political dominance in the 20th century, the history of the Irish in New York is almost as old as the city itself. Intellectuals and artists, politicians and poets, gangsters and priests - all have played a central role in the city's history. The Irish taught New Yorkers how to play baseball (John McGraw) and how to sing (George M. Cohan). They served as the city's mayor (DeWitt Clinton) and its archbishop (Francis Cardinal Spellman). They battled heroically against American sexism (Margaret Higgins Sanger) and Prussian militarism ("Fighting Father" Duffy). They sparked controversy as poets (Frank O'Hara) and political commentators (William F. Buckley). The book offers an example of how newcomers encountered America, successfully assimilated, yet retained their ethnic and cultural identity. The authors examine Irish-American life in the city while addressing issues that affected immigrants throughout the United States.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ronald H. Bayor is a professor emeritus of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. He is author of Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929–1941, and coeditor of The New York Irish, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801851998
• ISBN 13: 9780801851995
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 768
• Éditeur: Bayor Ronald H., Meagher Timothy
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