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Textures of Irish America (Hardcover, New)
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Textures of Irish America (Hardcover, New)
Series: Irish Studies
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The "textures" of the Irish-American experience have been manifold,
greatly influencing this country's economic, social, and cultural
development over the past two centuries. Unlike that of many other
European immigrants, the Irish journey to America was viewed
largely as a one-way trip. They quickly adjusted to America, soon
becoming citizens and active participants in politics. By the end
of the 19th century, they dominated not only most American cities
but also sports, especially baseball, and many were prominent in
show business. In this entertaining study of one of America's most
engaging and controversial groups, Lawrence McCaffrey reveals how
the Irish adapted to urban life, progressing from unskilled working
class to solid middle class. Denied power and influence in business
and commerce, they achieved both through politics and the Catholic
church. In addition to politicians and churchmen, McCaffrey
discusses the roles of writers such as Finley Peter Dunne, James T.
Farrell, Eugene O'Neill, J. F. Powers, Edwin O'Connor, William
Kennedy, Elizabeth Cullinan, Tom Flanagan, Thomas Fleming, Jimmy
Breslin, and John Gregory Dunne, as well as such film stars as
Jimmy Cagney, Bing Crosby, Grace and Gene Kelly, and Spencer Tracy.
McCaffrey completes the story with a look at the role of Irish
nationalism in developing the personality of Irish America and in
liberating Ireland from British colonialism. The result of some
forty years of thinking and writing about Irish-American life,
McCaffrey's Textures will appeal to scholars and general readers
alike and may very well become the standard work on Irish America.
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