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1850 to 1900 was a period that saw English Catholics emerging from a long period of social obscurity, confident that a "Second Spring" would bring them to a position of moral authority and influence in Victorian England. here, the author examines that confidence and finds it misplaced.

Since Irish immigrants began settling in New Jersey during the seventeenth century, they have made a sizable impact on the state's history and development. As the budding colony struggled to establish an identity for itself in the New World, Irish men and women were forced to grapple with issues of their own: What did it mean to be Irish American, and what role would "Irishness" play in the creation of an American identity? In this thought-provoking and richly illustrated history, Dermot Quinn calls upon a remarkable treasury of photographs and newspaper clippings that uncover the story of...