Textures of Irish America - McCaffrey, Lawrence
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The author documents his thesis that American urban history begins with the arrival of large numbers of Irish Catholic immigrants in the 1820s. He argues that Irish Americans' material success, which took them as a group from the ghetto to middle-class, has caused a fading of Irish identity.

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The author documents his thesis that American urban history begins with the arrival of large numbers of Irish Catholic immigrants in the 1820s. He argues that Irish Americans' material success, which took them as a group from the ghetto to middle-class, has caused a fading of Irish identity.
Autorenporträt
Lawrence J. McCaffrey, Emeritus Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago, is one of Americas leading historians of Ireland and Irish America and is the author of a number of books on both subjects. He has served as the advisory editor for Arno Press's 42-volume series on Irish America. In 1981 he received an award from the Irish government for his outstanding work in fostering Irish interests in the United States, mainly as co-founder of the American Conference for Irish Studies, and in 1987 he received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the National University of Ireland, a rare honor for an American.