Irish Everywhere: Irish Americans and the Making of the Multicultural City
Channel: Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: 2014-01-21

James R Barrett, Department of History, Illinois

Respondents:
David R Roediger
Department of History, Illinois

Between the late nineteenth century and the Great Depression, a new multi-ethnic American city emerged amidst giant waves of migration of Europeans and people of color from around the globe. A large settled population of Irish Americans and their relations with these newcomers -- in city streets, the Catholic parish, the urban union and political machine, and on the vaudeville stage -- shaped the character of work, culture, and politics in this new city.