The Irish Americans: a history

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 th...

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1. Verfasser: Dolan, Jay P. 1936- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY [u.a.] Bloomsbury 2010
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung: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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-336) and index
Beschreibung:XI, 352 S., [8] Bl. Ill.
ISBN:9781596914193
9781608190102