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How the Irish became white / Noel Ignatiev.
LIBRA E184.I6 I36 1995
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ignatiev, Noel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Americans--Cultural assimilation.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish Americans--Politics and government.
- African Americans--Relations with Irish Americans.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Summary:
- Ignatiev traces the tattered history of Irish and African-American relations, revealing how the Irish used unions, the Catholic Church, and the Democratic Party to help gain and secure their newly found place in the White Republic, and explores the role of Irish Americans in the wave of anti-Negro violence that swept the country in the 1830s and 1840s. Illustrations.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- Storage copy signed by Sheldon Hackney in front.
- ISBN:
- 0415913845
- 0415918251
- OCLC:
- 32853006
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