The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America by Lawrence J Mccaffrey

The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America by Lawrence J Mccaffrey

The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Blending his work and the contributions of other scholars, McCaffrey here adds fresh interpretations to the history of Irish American Catholics. He focuses on a number of topics, including the significance of Catholicism as the core of Irish ethnicity and the source of nativist attacks on their presence in the United States; the impact of Irish America on the course of Irish nationalism; the psychological struggle to reconcile Irish loyalties to an authoritarian religion and a liberal-democratic politics; and, more recently, the fading of the Catholic dimension of Irish identity.

McCaffrey, Lawrence J.: - Lawrence J. McCaffrey is professor emeritus of history at Loyola University. He is the cofounder of the American Conference for Irish Studies and the author of numerous books, including Textures of Irish America and The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America.

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ISBN 13	9780813208961
ISBN 10	0813208963
Title	The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America
Author	Lawrence J Mccaffrey
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Catholic University of America Press
Year published	1997-09-30
Number of pages	256
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