Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1446
Book Description
American Lumberman
Author: Catalog of Printed Books
Author: Bancroft LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Catalog of Printed Books. Supplement
Author: Bancroft LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: A History of Seattle Waterfront Workers, 1884-1934
Author: Ronald MagdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
University of California Union Catalog of Monographs Cataloged by the Nine Campuses from 1963 Through 1967: Authors & titles
Author: University of California (System). Institute of Library ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Erin's Heirs
Author: Dennis ClarkPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813150515
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
"They will melt like snowflakes in the sun," said one observer of nineteenth-century Irish emigrants to America. Not only did they not melt, they formed one of the most extensive and persistent ethnic subcultures in American history. Dennis Clark now offers an insightful analysis of the social means this group has used to perpetuate its distinctiveness amid the complexity of American urban life. Basing his study on family stories, oral interviews, organizational records, census data, radio scripts, and the recollections of revolutionaries and intellectuals, Clark offers an absorbing panorama that shows how identity, organization, communication, and leadership have combined to create the Irish-American tradition. In his pages we see gifted storytellers, tough dockworkers, scribbling editors, and colorful actresses playing their roles in the Irish-American saga. As Clark shows, the Irish have defended and extended their self-image by cultivating their ethnic identity through transmission of family memories and by correcting community portrayals of themselves in the press and theatre. They have strengthened their ethnic ties by mutual association in the labor force and professions and in response to social problems. And they have created a network of communications ranging from 150 years of Irish newspapers to America's longest-running ethnic radio show and a circuit of university teaching about Irish literature and history. From this framework of subcultural activity has arisen a fascinating gallery of leadership that has expressed and symbolized the vitality of the Irish-American experience. Although Clark draws his primary material from Philadelphia, he relates it to other cities to show that even though Irish communities have differed they have shared common fundamentals of social development. His study constitutes a pathbreaking theoretical explanation of the dynamics of Irish-American life.
Life in California Before the Gold Discovery
Author: John BidwellPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Working People of California
Author: Daniel CornfordPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520332776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
From the California Indians who labored in the Spanish missions to the immigrant workers on Silicon Valley's high-tech assembly lines, California's work force has had a complex and turbulent past, marked by some of the sharpest and most significant battles fought by America's working people. This anthology presents the work of scholars who are forging a new brand of social history—one that reflects the diversity of California's labor force by paying close attention to the multicultural and gendered aspects of the past. Readers will discover a refreshing chronological breadth to this volume, as well as a balanced examination of both rural and urban communities. Daniel Cornford's excellent general introduction provides essential historical background while his brief introductions to each chapter situate the essays in their larger contexts. A list of further readings appears at the end of each chapter. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995.