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The Irish-American experience in New Jersey and metropolitan New York : cultural identity, hybridity, and commemoration / [compiled by] Marta M. Deyrup and Maura Grace Harrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Americans--New Jersey--History.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish Americans--New York Metropolitan Area--History.
- Immigrants--New Jersey--History.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--New York Metropolitan Area--History.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- New Jersey--Emigration and immigration--History.
- New Jersey.
- New York Metropolitan Area--Emigration and immigration--History.
- New York Metropolitan Area.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Ireland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 199 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- The Irish American experience in New Jersey and metropolitan New York
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- The Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and Metropolitan New York: Cultural Identity, Hybridity, and Commemoration explores the Irish-American experience in that area, both historically and today. The chapters place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using case studies, interviews, scholarly research in primary historical documents and theory, and first-hand experiences, the contributors delve into what it has meant, and means, to be Irish American in the New Jersey and New York area, projecting what this ethnic identity will signify in years to come. Representing a variety of scholarly and professional disciplines, including archivists, historians, lawyers, and scholars of literature and theology, the authors share their own unique perspectives on the significance of the contributions of Irish Americans to American life in various arenas. Each chapter is interdisciplinary, revealing the interconnections among cultural history, biography, contemporary events, and literary appreciation. It is through these intersections of disciplines, of past and present and of individual and community, that we can best analyze and appreciate the ways that Irish Americans have shaped life in the New Jersey/New York area over the past two centuries. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Irish in the Church of Newark / Augustine J. Curley, O.S.B
- "Keeping the tradition alive" / Bill Rogers and Nicole Anderson
- Perspectives on the Easter Rising / Maura Grace Harrington
- Irish immigration to the United States in the 20th century / Linda Dowling Almeida
- American Irish in service to community & country: a vocational & New Jersey perspective / Alan Delozier
- An Irish-American politician: Governor Richard Hughes / John B. Wefing
- The writing Irish / Ray O'Hanlon
- Music in the mountains: the Irish Catskills and traditional music / Brendan Dolan
- "With pick and shovel": commemorating the workers who died building the Delaware and Raritan Canal, 1830-1834 / Paul Ferris.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739187814
- 0739187813
- OCLC:
- 856054393
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