The New York Irish
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The New York Irish
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [703]-714) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work tells the story of these immigrants and their descendants. From the first Irish residents of Dutch New Amsterdam to the politically influential United Irish exiles a century later, from the gallant "Union Green" patriots in the Civil War to the dramatic rise and fall of Irish political dominance in the 20th century, the history of the Irish in New York is almost as old as the city itself. Intellectuals and artists, politicians and poets, gangsters and priests - all have played a central role in the city's history. The Irish taught New Yorkers how to play baseball (John McGraw) and how to sing (George M. Cohan). They served as the city's mayor (DeWitt Clinton) and its archbishop (Francis Cardinal Spellman). They battled heroically against American sexism (Margaret Higgins Sanger) and Prussian militarism ("Fighting Father" Duffy). They sparked controversy as poets (Frank O'Hara) and political commentators (William F. Buckley). The book offers an example of how newcomers encountered America, successfully assimilated, yet retained their ethnic and cultural identity.
The authors examine Irish-American life in the city while addressing issues that affected immigrants throughout the United States.
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