Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Making Sense of the Molly Maguires offers a narrative history of dramatic story, traces the origins of the Molly Maguires to Ireland, and, for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, reflects on the enduring memory of the Molly Maguires in American popular culture.
Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Making Sense of the Molly Maguires offers a narrative history of dramatic story, traces the origins of the Molly Maguires to Ireland, and, for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, reflects on the enduring memory of the Molly Maguires in American popular culture.
Kevin Kenny is Glucksman Professor of History at New York University. He is the author of Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), The American Irish: A History, and The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century United States (OUP, 2023), among other books.
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Abbreviations Used in Footnotes Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition Introduction Ch. 1 Whiteboys, Ribbonmen, and Molly Maguires Ch. 2 The World of Antracite Ch. 3 Enter the Molly Maguires Ch. 4 The Rise of a Labor Movement Ch. 5 The Reading Railroad Takes Control Ch. 6 The Return of the Molly Maguires Ch. 7 Rough Justice Ch. 8 The Molly Maguires on Trial Ch. 9 Black Thursday Epilogue Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
Abbreviations Used in Footnotes Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition Introduction Ch. 1 Whiteboys, Ribbonmen, and Molly Maguires Ch. 2 The World of Antracite Ch. 3 Enter the Molly Maguires Ch. 4 The Rise of a Labor Movement Ch. 5 The Reading Railroad Takes Control Ch. 6 The Return of the Molly Maguires Ch. 7 Rough Justice Ch. 8 The Molly Maguires on Trial Ch. 9 Black Thursday Epilogue Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
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