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Irish-American Autobiography: The Divided Hearts of Athletes, Priests, Pilgrims, and More
James Silas Rogers
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Paperback. Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's oftYen an indirect one. True, the age of heroic immigration is over, and today the term Irish-American almost always means an American of Irish descent. If the Irish long ago ceased to be America's largest ethnic group, they've nonetheless stayed among the most visible (not least because St Patrick's Day has been adopted by the nation at large). But for all the external trappings of Irishness, the terms, traditions, and nuances of that identity stay elusive. Irish-American Autobiography ... Read more
Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's oftYen an indirect one. True, the age of heroic immigration is over, and today the term Irish-American almost always means an American of Irish descent. If the Irish long ago ceased to be America's largest ethnic group, they've nonetheless stayed among the most visible (not least because St Patrick's Day has been adopted by the nation at large). But for all the external trappings of Irishness, the terms, traditions, and nuances of that identity stay elusive. Irish-American Autobiography ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813229188
SKU
V9780813229188
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About James Silas Rogers
James Silas Rogers is the editor of New Hibernia Review and a past president of the American Conference for Irish Studies.
Reviews for Irish-American Autobiography: The Divided Hearts of Athletes, Priests, Pilgrims, and More
In Irish-American Autobiography James Silas Rogers engages with more than a century of Irish-American nonfiction. Meticulously researched, intelligently orchestrated, and beautifully written, Rogers's study-in its deep engagement with the many-sidedness of the Irish experience in the United States-brings into the spotlight the lives of many well and not-so-well-known men and women whose lives and writings allow us to understand the ... Read more