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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Ser.: Butte Irish : Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925 by David M. Emmons (1989, Trade Paperback)
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He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness.
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PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-100252061551
ISBN-139780252061554
eBay Product ID (ePID)61477
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Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameButte Irish : Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Social Classes & Economic Disparity
Publication Year1989
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorDavid M. Emmons
SeriesStatue of Liberty Ellis Island Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight23 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN88-023231
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Brings a new level of sophistication to the field of American history. David Emmons has written an elegant account of a remarkable western community, and one of the most impressive studies of the postfamine Irish."-- Journal of Economic History, Winner of the 1990 Robert Athearn Award of the Western History Association and an Honorable Mention for the 1990 James S. Donnelly, Sr., Prize in History and the Social Sciences from the American Conference for Irish Studies. "This is a very important book, perhaps one of the most important and best books ever written on Irish-American workers. "-- Journal of American History, Emmons has untangled the threads of Irish-American nationalism, worker radicalism, class divisions within the Irish community, and the effect of a new generation of Irish immigrants on old Irish associational life. It is a masterful job.--Mary Murphy, Montana: Magazine of Western History|9780252061554|, Winner of the 1990 Robert Athearn Award of the Western History Association and an Honorable Mention for the 1990 James S. Donnelly, Sr., Prize in History and the Social Sciences from the American Conference for Irish Studies.
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Table Of ContentPreface xi Introduction: Out of Ireland 1 1. From Ireland To Butte 13 2. Remembered Pasts 35 3. Butte, America: Building an Irish Community 61 4. Church, Party, and Fraternity: The Irish and Their Associations 94 5. Safe and Steady Work: The Irish and The Hazards of Butte 133 6. Irishmen and Workers: The Origins of a Western Working-Class Conservatism 180 7. Irish Worker Conservatism and The Butte Miner's Union, 1880-1910 221 8. The Aristocracy Besieged: The BMU, The Enclave, and The New Immigration, 1910-1914 255 9. The Patriot Game: Butte's Irish and The Causes of Ireland 292 10. Irishtown at War: The German Alliance and Worker Protest, 1900-1918 340 Epilogue: The Post War Years 398 Sources Consulted 413 Index 435
SynopsisIn this pioneering study, David Emmons tells the story of Butte's large and assertive population of Irish immigrants. He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness.From a ......, In this pioneering study, David Emmons tells the story of Butte's large and assertive population of Irish immigrants. He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness.From a treasure trove of ''Irish stuff,'' the reports, minutes, and correspondence of the major Irish-American organizations in Butte, Emmons shows how the stalwart supporters of the RELA and the Ancient Order of Hiberians marched and drilled for Irish freedom - -and how, as they ran the town, the miners' union, and the largest mining companies, they used this tradition of ethnic cooperation to ensure safe and steady work, Irish mines taking care of Irish miners. Butte was new, overwhelmingly Irish, and extraordinarily dangerous - the ideal place to test the seam between class and ethnicity., In this pioneering study, David Emmons tells the story of Butte's large and assertive population of Irish immigrants. He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness. From a treasure trove of "Irish stuff," the reports, minutes, and correspondence of the major Irish-American organizations in Butte, Emmons shows how the stalwart supporters of the RELA and the Ancient Order of Hiberians marched and drilled for Irish freedom---and how, as they ran the town, the miners' union, and the largest mining companies, they used this tradition of ethnic cooperation to ensure safe and steady work, Irish mines taking care of Irish miners. Butte was new, overwhelmingly Irish, and extraordinarily dangerous---the ideal place to test the seam between class and ethnicity.
LC Classification NumberF739
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