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The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait

by William V. Shannon, Edward M. Kennedy. 484 pgs.

Contributors:

   William V. Shannon, Edward M. Kennedy

Publisher:

   University of Massachusetts Press

Place of Publication:

  Amherst, MA  

Publication Year:

  1989

Subjects:

Irish Americans--History

	Foreword to the Second Edition	ix
	Preface	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Chapter One The Irish Inheritance I
	Chapter Two The Struggle for the City	27
	Chapter Three Politics and Civil War	47
	Chapter Four The Irish Style in Politics	60
	Chapter Five Tammany	68
	Chapter Six The Gold Coast Irish	86
	Chapter Seven Idols of the Crowd	95
	Chapter Eight Cardinal Gibbons	114
	Chapter Nine The Changing Image	131
	Chapter Ten The Education of Al Smith	151
	Chapter Eleven Boston Irish	182
	Chapter Twelve The Legend of Jim Curley	201
	Chapter Thirteen The Irish in Literature	233
	Chapter Fourteen The Irish in the Theater	259
	Chapter Fifteen A Tale of Two Priests	295
	Chapter Sixteen The New Deal: The Opportunity	327
	Chapter Seventeen The New Deal: The Aftermath	349
	Chapter Eighteen McCarthyism	367
	Chapter Nineteen President John F . Kennedy	392
	Chapter Twenty Kennedy and After	414
	Notes	439
	Index	469

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