Dennis Clark: The Irish in Philadelphia

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877220572&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="62_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>The Irish in Philadelphia</h1> <H2>Ten Generations of Urban Experience</H2> <h3>Dennis Clark</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-057-3 $29.95, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT> <br>paper 0-87722-227-4 $29.95, Jan 82, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <BR> 264 pp </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"...a serious, solid, widely and deeply researched study that reveals a number of significant and interesting insights into Irish immigrant history in America."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Commonwealth</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"A fine book about the Irish in Philadelphia that is a combination of social history and a study of ten generations of a transplanted minority struggling initially for survival, then for advancement, affluence, recognition and identity against formidable odds."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography</i></b> <p><i>"A fund of good stories and some interesting conclusions on the extraordinarily adept transition managed by an essentially rural people into a rough and bustling urban environment in the mid-nineteenth century."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b> <p><i>"A valuable contribution that will prove interesting not only to historians but also to sociologists and students of urban problems."</i> <br>&#151<b>Oscar Handlin</b> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Foreword <br>Preface <br>1. A Tradition Grows <br>2. The Famine Generation <br>3. City Shelter <br>4. Working to Live <br>5. Church and School <br>6. Clans and Causes <br>7. Hibernia Philadelphia <br>8. The Tradition Persists <br>9. The Urban Irishman <br>Notes <br>Note on Sources <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Dennis Clark</b> is a Philadelphian who has written a number of books on urban problems, race relations, and immigrant history. <i>The Irish of Philadelphia</i> is the first of several volumes produced by the author tracing the history of Philadelphia's 200-year-old Irish community.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/philly.html" TARGET="_top">Philadelphia Region</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/race.html" TARGET="_top">Race and Ethnicity</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877220572&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/62_reg.html</font></p>