Irish Illegals - Transients Between Two Societies

This is the first field study of the kind of lives that the most recent Irish immigrants have in New York City today. Working alongside new Irish illegals, Corcoran learned about their employment problems, their social relationships, and their communities and ties to Ireland. Teachers, and students, readers interested in issues of identity and ethnicity, immigration trends and problems, and the history of the Irish in the United States will enjoy this easy-to-read, first-hand account.

List of contents

Significance of the Research
The Socio-Historical Context of Irish Immigration to the United States
Research Design and Methodology
Departure and Arrival: The Route to New York
Irish Illegals in the New York Labor Market
Immigrant Culture and Community Formation
Identity and Ethnicity
The Impact of Illegality: An Assessment
Illegal Irish Immigration to the United States: Overview
Epilogue
Bibliography

About the author

MARY P. CORCORAN, is Lecturer in Sociology, at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, in Ireland. She has made a first-hand study of recent Irish immigrants in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Mary P. Corcoran, Corcoran Mary P.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.1993
• EAN: 9780313286247
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28624-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Contributions in Ethnic Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, world history, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Physical anthropology, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General