Author: Bob Callahan
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN: 9780670818259
Category : Irish Americans.
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Drawing on choice examples of the writings and artwork of more than 150 Irish-American political leaders, novelists, clergymen, filmmakers, cartoonists, journalists, and scholars, this volume celebrates the major areas of Irish-American achievement and endeavor
The Big Book of American Irish Culture
Author: Bob Callahan
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN: 9780670818259
Category : Irish Americans.
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Drawing on choice examples of the writings and artwork of more than 150 Irish-American political leaders, novelists, clergymen, filmmakers, cartoonists, journalists, and scholars, this volume celebrates the major areas of Irish-American achievement and endeavor
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN: 9780670818259
Category : Irish Americans.
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Drawing on choice examples of the writings and artwork of more than 150 Irish-American political leaders, novelists, clergymen, filmmakers, cartoonists, journalists, and scholars, this volume celebrates the major areas of Irish-American achievement and endeavor
The Big Book of Irish-American Culture
Author: Bob Callahan
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Describes the achievements of Irish Americans in a variety of fields.
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Describes the achievements of Irish Americans in a variety of fields.
The Big Book of American Irish Culture
Author: Bob Callahan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Irish Americans
Author: Jay P. Dolan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608190102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to the highest office in the land.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608190102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to the highest office in the land.
Irish America
Author: Maureen Dezell
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038549596X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038549596X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.
The American Irish
Author: William Vincent Shannon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258455101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258455101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Irish Americans
Author: William E. Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610694678
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement. The Irish have had a significant impact on America across three centuries, helping to shape politics, law, labor, war, literature, journalism, entertainment, business, sports, and science. This encyclopedia explores why the Irish came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive Irish-American identity was formed. Well-known Irish Americans are profiled, but the work also captures the essence of everyday life for Irish-Americans as they have assimilated, established communities, and interacted with other ethnic groups. The approximately 200 entries in this comprehensive, one-stop reference are organized into four themes: the context of Irish-American emigration; political and economic life; cultural and religious life; and literature, the arts, and popular culture. Each section offers a historical overview of the subject matter, and the work is enriched by a selection of primary documents.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610694678
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement. The Irish have had a significant impact on America across three centuries, helping to shape politics, law, labor, war, literature, journalism, entertainment, business, sports, and science. This encyclopedia explores why the Irish came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive Irish-American identity was formed. Well-known Irish Americans are profiled, but the work also captures the essence of everyday life for Irish-Americans as they have assimilated, established communities, and interacted with other ethnic groups. The approximately 200 entries in this comprehensive, one-stop reference are organized into four themes: the context of Irish-American emigration; political and economic life; cultural and religious life; and literature, the arts, and popular culture. Each section offers a historical overview of the subject matter, and the work is enriched by a selection of primary documents.
The Irish and the Origins of American Popular Culture
Author: Christopher Dowd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315196541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"This book focuses on the intersection between the assimilation of the Irish into American life and the emergence of an American popular culture, which took place at the same historical moment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period, the Irish in America underwent a period of radical change. Initially existing as a marginalized, urban-dwelling, immigrant community largely comprised of survivors of the Great Famine and those escaping its aftermath, Irish Americans became an increasingly assimilated group with new social, political, economic, and cultural opportunities open to them. Within just a few generations, Irish-American life transformed so significantly that grandchildren hardly recognized the world in which their grandparents had lived. This pivotal period of transformation for Irish Americans was heavily shaped and influenced by emerging popular culture, and in turn, the Irish-American experience helped shape the foundations of American popular culture in such a way that the effects are still noticeable today. Dowd investigates the primary segments of early American popular culture--circuses, stage shows, professional sports, pulp fiction, celebrity culture, and comic strips--and uncovers the entanglements these segments had with the development of Irish-American identity."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315196541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"This book focuses on the intersection between the assimilation of the Irish into American life and the emergence of an American popular culture, which took place at the same historical moment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period, the Irish in America underwent a period of radical change. Initially existing as a marginalized, urban-dwelling, immigrant community largely comprised of survivors of the Great Famine and those escaping its aftermath, Irish Americans became an increasingly assimilated group with new social, political, economic, and cultural opportunities open to them. Within just a few generations, Irish-American life transformed so significantly that grandchildren hardly recognized the world in which their grandparents had lived. This pivotal period of transformation for Irish Americans was heavily shaped and influenced by emerging popular culture, and in turn, the Irish-American experience helped shape the foundations of American popular culture in such a way that the effects are still noticeable today. Dowd investigates the primary segments of early American popular culture--circuses, stage shows, professional sports, pulp fiction, celebrity culture, and comic strips--and uncovers the entanglements these segments had with the development of Irish-American identity."--Provided by publisher.
Irish Americans
Author: William E. Watson
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 161069466X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement. The Irish have had a significant impact on America across three centuries, helping to shape politics, law, labor, war, literature, journalism, entertainment, business, sports, and science. This encyclopedia explores why the Irish came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive Irish-American identity was formed. Well-known Irish Americans are profiled, but the work also captures the essence of everyday life for Irish-Americans as they have assimilated, established communities, and interacted with other ethnic groups. The approximately 200 entries in this comprehensive, one-stop reference are organized into four themes: the context of Irish-American emigration; political and economic life; cultural and religious life; and literature, the arts, and popular culture. Each section offers a historical overview of the subject matter, and the work is enriched by a selection of primary documents.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 161069466X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement. The Irish have had a significant impact on America across three centuries, helping to shape politics, law, labor, war, literature, journalism, entertainment, business, sports, and science. This encyclopedia explores why the Irish came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive Irish-American identity was formed. Well-known Irish Americans are profiled, but the work also captures the essence of everyday life for Irish-Americans as they have assimilated, established communities, and interacted with other ethnic groups. The approximately 200 entries in this comprehensive, one-stop reference are organized into four themes: the context of Irish-American emigration; political and economic life; cultural and religious life; and literature, the arts, and popular culture. Each section offers a historical overview of the subject matter, and the work is enriched by a selection of primary documents.
Irelandopedia
Author: Fatti Burke
Publisher: Gill Books
ISBN: 9780717169382
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This breathtakingly exciting book discovers Ireland, county by county, as you've never seen it before!
Publisher: Gill Books
ISBN: 9780717169382
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This breathtakingly exciting book discovers Ireland, county by county, as you've never seen it before!