1st Edition
Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870 Bridget’s Belfast
By Kay Retzlaff
Copyright 2022
234 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870: Bridget's Belfast examines how Irish immigrants shaped and reshaped their identity in a rural New England community. Forty percent of Irish immigrants to the United States settled in rural areas. Achieving success beyond large urban centers required distinctive ways of performing Irishness. Class, status, and gender were more significant... Read more
Prologue
1. Irish in Public
2. Irish Enterprise
3. The Irish "Other"
4. The Irish of Stereotype
5. Irish on the Move
6. Inventing Scotch-Irishness
7. Bridging Social Boundaries
8. Making It Through the War
Epilogue
Biography
Kay Retzlaff is Professor of English at the University of Maine at Augusta.
