Seated by the sea
Subtitle: the maritime history of Portland, Maine, and its Irish longshoremen
By: Michael C. Connolly ; foreword by Joseph E. Brennan.
Series: New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology. Working in the Americas
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813034690
Subjects: Stevedores -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Irish -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Irish Americans -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Working class -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Labor unions -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Social change -- Maine -- Portland -- History; Port cities -- Maine -- Case studies; Portland (Me.) -- Economic conditions; Portland (Me.) -- Social conditions; Portland (Me.) -- Ethnic relations
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Delightfully situated on a healthy hill" : the port of Portland before the Civil War; title: Black fades to green on the waterfront : nineteenth century social, racial, and ethnic change; title: A mixed blessing : Portland at the turn of the twentieth century; title: Lost strikes and union affiliation : early twentieth century labor militancy alongshore; title: Apex of the union and Catholic hierarchical influence; title: Longshore culture and the decline of the port of Portland in the mid to late twentieth century; title: Conclusion: The port of Portland in the twenty-first century and its maritime future; title: Appendix A: Portland Town; title: Appendix B: Day of the Clipper; title: Appendix C: Retirement list as of January 1983; title: Appendix D: Oral histories; title: Appendix E: Longshore nicknames; title: Appendix F: Membership levels of the Portland Longshoremen's Benevolent Society.