Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART ONE. A HISTORY O F I R I S H AMERICANS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTY- F I R S T CENTURY
5. INTRODUCTION. The Irish as Immigrants and Ethnics 3
6. CHAPTER ONE. Irish Immigration to Colonial America 19
7. CHAPTER TWO. Irish America from the Revolution to the Famine 42
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Famine Years 60
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Turn of the Twentieth Century 95
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Twentieth Century 122
11. CHAPTER SIX. The 1960s to the Present 149
12. PART TWO. ISSUES AND THEMES IN IRISH AMERICAN HISTORY
13. CHAPTER ONE Irish American Gender and Family 173
14. CHAPTER TWO. Irish Americans in Politics 182
15. CHAPTER THREE. Irish American Nationalism “ 198
16. CHAPTER FOUR. Irish Americans and Race 214
17. PART THREE. IMPORTANT PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS , AND TERMS 235
18. PART FOUR. CHRONOLOGY OF IRISH AMERICA 313
19. PART FIVE. BIBLIOGRAPHY 337
20. Index 377