Irish Immigrants in New York City,
1945-1995

Linda Dowling Almeida

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...