The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citize

Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issue

Explores the history of the Irish in America, offering an overview of Irish history, immigration to the United States, and the transition of the Irish from the

The only comprehensive study of Irish immigrants in the nineteenth-century South, this book makes a valuable contribution to the story of the Irish in America a

Irish-born and Irish-descended soldiers and sailors were involved in every major engagement of the American Civil War. Throughout the conflict, they shared thei