The Irish in Philadelphia
Ten Generations of Urban Experience

 

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The Irish in Philadelphia
Ten Generations of Urban Experience

by Dennis Clark (Author)

 

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ISBN: 9780877222279

 

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Traces the history of Philadelphia's 200-year-old Irish community.


Author 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.


 

ISBN 877222274
ISBN13 9780877222279
Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
Format Paperback
Publication date 01/01/1982
Pages 264
Weight (grammes) 340
Published in United States
Height (mm) 203
Width (mm) 140

Foreword Preface 1. A Tradition Grows 2. The Famine Generation 3. City Shelter 4. Working to Live 5. Church and School 6. Clans and Causes 7. Hibernia Philadelphia 8. The Tradition Persists 9. The Urban Irishman Notes Note on Sources Index

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