How the Irish Became White

Name: How the Irish Became White
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
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By Noel Ignatiev

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The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country - a land of opportunity - they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person's skin. Noel Ignatiev's 1995 book - the first published work of one of America's leading and most controversial historians - tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

276

Release Date:

2008-09-01

Publication Date:

2008-09-11

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

04159630950415913845

ISBN13:

9780415963091

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

321 g

Height:

129 cm

Width:

199 cm

Thickness:

22 cm

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