The Irish in Philadelphia: Ten Generations of Urban ExperienceAuthor note: Dennis Clark is a Philadelphian who has written a number of books on urban problems, race relations, and immigrant history. The Irish of Philadelphia is the first of several volumes produced by the author tracing the history of Philadelphia's 200-year-old Irish community. |
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Contents
A Tradition Grows | 3 |
The Famine Generation | 24 |
City Shelter | 38 |
Working to Live | 61 |
Hibernia Philadelphia | 126 |
The Tradition Persists | 145 |
The Urban Irishman | 165 |
Note on Sources | 237 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Irish in Philadelphia: Ten Generations of Urban Experience Ten Generations of Urban Experience |
| Author | Dennis Clark |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Temple University Press, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0877222274, 9780877222279 |
| Length | 246 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General |
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