The Immigrant Church: New York's Irish and German Catholics, 1815-1865

by Jay P. Dolan

Book Overview

A view of urban Catholicism, The Immigrant Church focuses on the people in the pews and furnishes a comparison of Irish and German Catholic life in mid-nineteenth-century New York City. Nearly one-half of the city's population in 1865 consisted of Irish and German Catholics. Singling out three parishes (one Irish, one German, and one a mixed group of Germans and Irish), Dolan examines the role of religion in strengthening group life in these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268011516
• ISBN13: 9780268011512
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"