Settling in a city founded by the Puritans, the Boston Irish evolved into one of America's most distinctive ethnic communities and eventually came to dominate local politics. This book offers a history of Boston's Irish community.

The Boston Irish: A Political History

History

Thomas H. O'Connor

Americas

Back Bay Books

Bibles Brahmins and Bosses

Trustees of Boston Public Library

Massachusetts and the road to Union, the struggle for ratification, the ratifying debates, the Bay State and the Union.

This Momentous Affair: Massachusetts and the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States

Alan Rogers

Trustees of the Public Library

According to Thomas O'Connor, Irish political dominance in Boston grew out of generations of unyielding conflict between New England Yankees and Irish Catholic immigrants. O'Connor charts the course of the Irish's growing influence in Boston against the background of this clash of cultures. Along the way he introduces the reader to Boston's political elite: James Michael Curley, the Fitzgeralds, the Kennedys and many other colorful characters. The book includes 30 photographs.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Konecky&Konecky

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