The Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, 1821-61

by Brian C. Mitchell

Book Overview

The dramatic story of the fights and compromises that shaped an Irish community

Disdained by many Yankee residents as Catholic lowlifes, the growing Irish population of the Lowell, Massachusetts, "paddy camps" in the nineteenth century proved a tempting source of cheap labor for local mill owners, who took advantage of the immigrants' proximity to exploit them to the fullest. Displaced by their cheaper labor, other workers blamed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025207338X
• ISBN13: 9780252073380
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"