Plentiful country : the great potato famine and the making of Irish New York
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Published
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316564809, 031656480X
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ilsley Public Library - New Materials Area | 974.71 Anbinder | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Irish -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
New York (State) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Irish -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
New York (State) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Published
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 498 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316564809, 031656480X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-474) and index.
Description
"In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland's potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children--and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had been transformed by this stupendous migration, nowhere more than New York: by 1855, roughly a third of all adults living in Manhattan were immigrants who had escaped the hunger in Ireland. These so-called "Famine Irish" were the forebears of four U.S. presidents (including Joe Biden) yet when they arrived in America they were consigned to the lowest-paying jobs and subjected to discrimination and ridicule by their new countrymen. Even today, the popular perception of these immigrants is one of destitution and despair. But when we let the Famine Irish narrate their own stories, they paint a far different picture. In this magisterial work of storytelling and scholarship, acclaimed historian Tyler Anbinder presents for the first time the Famine generation's individual and collective tales of struggle, perseverance, and triumph. Drawing on newly available records and a ten-year research initiative, Anbinder reclaims the narratives of the refugees who settled in New York City and helped reshape the entire nation. Plentiful Country is a tour de force--a book that rescues the Famine immigrants from the margins of history and restores them to their rightful place at the center of the American story."--Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Anbinder, T. (2024). Plentiful country: the great potato famine and the making of Irish New York (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anbinder, Tyler. 2024. Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anbinder, Tyler. Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Anbinder, Tyler. Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
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