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The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial times through the twentieth century

Like many American cities, Worcester, Massachusetts, is an enclave of cultural tradition and ethnic pride. Through the intensive analysis of this Irish American community at the turn of the twentieth century, Timothy Meagher reveals how an ethnic group can endure and yet change when its first American-born generation takes control of its destiny. Meagher traces the chaotic and complicated passage of Irish Americans from their status as isolate...

Like many American cities, Worcester, Massachusetts, is an enclave of cultural tradition and ethnic pride. Through the intensive analysis of this Irish American community at the turn of the twentieth century, Timothy Meagher reveals how an ethnic group can endure and yet change when its first American-born generation takes control of its destiny. Meagher traces the chaotic and complicated passage of Irish Americans from their status as isolate...

?The nine essays (including editor Meagher's introduction and conclusion) in this collaborative volume are meant to test William Shannon's hypothesis that the late-19th century American Irish had reached a watershed: absorption into Anglo-America at the one hand and the self-absorbing ethnic ghetto at the other. Variously narrative, biographical, and demographic, the articles examine Irish communities in Lowell, Worcester, Philadelphia, Chicag...