The Irishamerican Experience In New Jersey And Metropolitan New York Cultural Identity Hybridity And Commemoration Marta Deyrup Dermot Quinn Maura Grace Harrington Linda Dowling Almeida Nicole Anderson Augustine J Curley Alan Delozier Brendan Dolan Paul Ferris Ray Ohanlon by Marta Deyrup; Dermot Quinn; Maura Grace Harrington; Linda Dowling Almeida; Nicole Anderson; Augustine J. Curley; Alan Delozier; Brendan Dolan; Paul Ferris; Ray O'hanlon 9780739187821, 0739187821 instant download after payment.

This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically and today. The essays place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using case studies, interviews, scholarly research in primary historical documents and theory, and first-hand experience, the authors delve into what it has meant, and means, to be Irish American in the New Jersey and New York area, projecting what this ethnic identity will signify in years to come. Representing a variety of scholarly and professional disciplines, from archivists; to historians; to lawyers; to scholars of literature and theology; the authors share their own unique perspectives on the significance of the contributions of Irish-Americans to American life in various arenas. Each chapter is interdisciplinary, revealing the interconnections among cultural history, biography, contemporary events, and literary appreciation. It is through these intersections of disciplines, of past and present, of individual and community, that we can best analyze and appreciate the ways that Irish-Americans have shaped life in the New Jersey/New York area over the past two centuries.