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Boston Irish, The: A Political History - Softcover

O'connor, Thomas

 
9780316626613: Boston Irish, The: A Political History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0316626619 ISBN 13: 9780316626613
Verlag: Back Bay Books, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Settling in a city founded by the Puritans, the Boston Irish evolved into one of America's most distinctive ethnic communities and eventually came to dominate local politics. This book offers a history of Boston's Irish community.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

THOMAS H. O'CONNOR is a professor of history at Boston College and the author of numerous books on Boston history.

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According to Thomas O'Connor, Irish political dominance in Boston grew out of generations of bitter and unyielding conflict between Yankees and Irish Catholic immigrants. Unlike the Irish in other American cities, the settlers in Boston encountered a homogenous, long-established Anglo-Saxon population openly hostile toward the Irish and all things Roman Catholic. O'Connor charts the course of the Irish's growing political influence in Boston against the background of this clash between two different cultures. He argues that Irish politicians established a distinct philosophy of government that often shifted from traditional Democratic leadership to local neighborhood populism.

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Verlag
Back Bay Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316626619
ISBN 13 
9780316626613
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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