TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,Dennis
TI  - Erin's Heirs: Irish Bonds of Community
SN  - 9780813150512
AV  - F158 .E756 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Irish Americans
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Philadelphia
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Irish American families
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Identity: Mind Yourself; 2 Association: Show Me Your Friends; 3 Communication: Passing the Word; 4 Leadership: More Power to Them; Conclusion; Research Note; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; 2; b
N2  - ""They will melt like snowflakes in the sun,"" said one observer of nineteenth-century Irish emigrants to America. Not only did they not melt, they formed one of the most extensive and persistent ethnic subcultures in American history. Dennis Clark now offers an insightful analysis of the social means this group has used to perpetuate its distinctiveness amid the complexity of American urban life. Basing his study on family stories, oral interviews, organizational records, census data, radio scripts, and the recollections of revolutionaries and intellectuals, Clark offers an absorbing panorama
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