Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845-1910

by David M. Emmons

Book Overview

Convention has it that Irish immigrants in the nineteenth century confined themselves mainly to industrial cities of the East and Midwest. The truth is that Irish Catholics went everywhere in America and often had as much of a presence in the West as in the East. In Beyond the American Pale, David M. Emmons examines this multifaceted experience of westering Irish and, in doing so, offers a fresh and discerning account of America's westward expansion.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080614128X
• ISBN13: 9780806141282
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"