Famine Irish and the American Racial State

Zusatztext "ONeill has produced an incisive work, well researched and theoretically informed. This is a book that raises important questions about the nature of Irish migration to, and assimilation in, the American racial state."Aidan Beatty, Wayne State University"...a valuable contribution to the fields of Irish and American studies. It addresses important issues and offers new insights. Moreover, it is impressive in its scope: ONeill discusses a wide variety of primary sources, including newspaper articles, illustrations, legislative texts, plays, poetry and literature. Each chapter is supported by a substantial amount of references and an ample bibliography and ONeill succeeds in tying all these sources together in a coherent and astute manner."Lindsay Janssen, English Studies"Revelatory Famine Irish is the best book about the Irish in America ever written..."Eamonn McCann, Hot Press Informationen zum Autor Peter D. O’Neill is Assistant Professor in the Comparative Literature Department at the University of Georgia. Klappentext Interdisciplinary and transnational in scope, this book analyzes an array of state theories, literary figures, religious apparatuses, cultural artifacts, and political movements to demonstrate how the Irish not only fitted into, but also helped to form, the US racial state. Zusammenfassung Interdisciplinary and transnational in scope, this book analyzes an array of state theories, literary figures, religious apparatuses, cultural artifacts, and political movements to demonstrate how the Irish not only fitted into, but also helped to form, the US racial state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Famine Irish and the American Racial State 1. Black and Green Atlantic Crossings in the Famine Era 2. Irish Catholic Empire-Building in America 3. The Writin’ Irish; or , Catholic Irish America’s Famine-Era Authors 4. A Code for the True American Catholic Man or Woman 5. Gender Laundering Irish Women and Chinese Men in San Francisco 6. In California, Workers Divided 7. An Irish Worker’s Postnational Horizon Conclusion ...

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• Authors: &apos, Peter Neill, O&apos, Peter D. O’Neill, Peter D. O'Neill, Peter D. (University of Georgia O'Neill, Peter O''neill, Peter D. O''neill, Peter D. (University of Georgia O''neill
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138228139
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22813-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Advances in American History; Routledge Advances in American; Routledge Advances in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, European History, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, General and world history, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination