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Irish in Michigan / Seamus P. Metress and Eileen K. Metress.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metress, Seamus P.
- Series:
- Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
- Discovering the peoples of Michigan
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Michigan--History.
- Immigrants.
- Irish Americans--Michigan--History.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish Americans--Michigan--Social conditions.
- Michigan--Ethnic relations.
- Michigan.
- Michigan--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (103 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Irish immigration to the United States can be divided into five general periods, from 1640 to the present: the colonial, prestarvation, great starvation, post-starvation, and post- independence periods. Immigration to the Great Lakes region and, more specifically, to Michigan was differentially influenced during each of these times. The oppressive historical roots of the Irish in both Ireland and nineteenth century America are important to understand in gaining an appreciation for their concern with socioeconomic status. The Irish first entered the Great Lakes by way of the Ohio River and
- Contents:
- Irish emigration to America
- The urban Irish in Detroit
- The Irish beyond Detroit
- Beyond the neighborhood today.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-87) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60917-072-5
- OCLC:
- 607844788
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