The story of one of the most visible groups of immigrants in the major city of immigrants in the last half of the 20th century.
"Almeida offers a dynamic portrait of Irish New York, one that keeps reinventing itself under new circumstances." --Hasia Diner, New York University
" Almeida's] close attention to changes in economics, culture, and politics on both sides of the Atlantic makes this book] one of the more accomplished applications of the 'new social history' to a contemporary American...
Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995
Linda Dowling Almeida
The story of one of the most visible groups of immigrants in the...
This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically and today. The essays place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using case studies, interviews, scholarly research in primary historical documents and theory, and first-hand experience, the authors delve into what it has meant, and means, to be Irish American in the New Jersey and New York area, projecting what this ethnic identity will signify in years to come. ...
This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically a...
