The Irish in New Jersey
Subtitle: four centuries of American life
By: Dermot Quinn.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Irish Americans -- New Jersey -- History.; Immigrants -- New Jersey -- History.; New Jersey -- Emigration and immigration -- History.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History.; New Jersey -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "In this illustrated history, Dermot Quinn calls upon a treasury of photographs and newspaper clippings that uncover the story of how the Irish in New Jersey maintained their cultural roots while also embracing their role in laying the foundations for the social, economic, political, and religious landscapes of the country they now called home." "Featuring a wealth of anecdotes, sermons, diary entries, and biographical sketches, as well as early census statistics and scholarly references, this volume will appeal to historians and general readers alike. Quinn chronicles the emigration of many families from a conflict-torn and famine-stricken country to the new and unfamiliar land whose discriminatory policies and unwelcoming streets often fell far short of being paved with gold."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Varieties of Irishness; title: Ireland and New Jersey in the seventeenth century; title: Ulster, Ireland and New Jersey in the eighteenth century; title: The nineteenth century experience; title: A trickle becomes a flood; title: The twentieth century : from history to heritage; title: The end of the journey.