The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multiethnic City

by James R. Barrett

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In the newest volume in the award-winning Penguin History of American Life series, James R. Barrett chronicles how a new urban American identity was forged in the streets, saloons, churches, and workplaces of the American city. This process of "Americanization from the bottom up" was deeply shaped, Barrett argues, by the Irish. From Lower Manhattan to the South Side of Chicago to Boston's North End, newer waves of immigrants and African Americans...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0143122800

ISBN13:9780143122807

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Penguin Books

Length:400 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Ethnic Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Urban

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