The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America

by Lawrence J. McCaffrey

Book Overview

When Lawrence J. McCaffrey's The Irish Diaspora in America was published in 1976, it won rave reviews and quickly became the standard college and university text on the Irish-American experience. Named the "best short history of the Irish in America" by Andrew M. Greeley in a New York Times review, McCaffrey's work traced the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813208963
• ISBN13: 9780813208961
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"