See You at the Hall: Boston's Golden Era of Irish Music and Dance

by Susan Gedutis

Book Overview

From the 1940s to the mid-1960s, on several evenings a week, thousands of Irish and Irish Americans flocked from miles around to the huge, bustling dance halls -- the Intercolonial, the Hibernian, Winslow Hall, the Dudley Street Opera House, the Rose Croix -- that dotted Boston's Dudley Square. For the city's Irish population, the Roxbury neighborhood, with its ballrooms and thriving shopping district, was a vital center of social and cultural life,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555536409
• ISBN13: 9781555536404
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher