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Irish in Wisconsin / David G. Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, David G.
- Series:
- People of Wisconsin
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Americans--Wisconsin--History.
- Irish Americans.
- Immigrants--Wisconsin--History.
- Immigrants.
- Wisconsin--Ethnic relations.
- Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (93 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We know theirs to have been the hands that helped build the nation's canals and railroads, the transport for so many immigrant groups making their way to the newly formed state of Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century.Yet the stories of Irish people in Wisconsin and their role in our state's history became almost invisible as time passed.
- Contents:
- ""Title Page ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Map""; ""Foreword by Tommy Makan""; ""Introduction""; ""Exiles of Erin""; ""The Great Hunger""; ""Journey""; ""In America""; ""Gallery I""; ""To Wisconsin""; ""Livelihoods""; ""Rural Life""; ""Political Life""; ""Serving the Union""; ""Religion and Culture""; ""The Disappearing Irish and Irish Resurgence""; ""Gallery II""; ""The Letters of the Gogin Family, 1877-1908""; ""For Further Reading""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-537-4
- OCLC:
- 923517874
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