Who's your Paddy? : racial expectations and the struggle for Irish American identity / Jennifer Nugent Duffy.

"After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish...

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Uniform Title:Nation of newcomers.
Main Author: Duffy, Jennifer Nugent
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Series:Nation of newcomers.
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Physical Description:viii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: Who's Your Paddy? Irish Immigrant Generations in Greater New York -- From City of Hills to City of Vision: The History of Yonkers, New York -- Good Paddies and Bad Paddies: The Evolution of Irishness as a Race-Based Tradition in the United States -- Bar Wars: Irish Bar Politics in Neoliberal Ireland and Neoliberal Yonkers -- They're Just Like Us: Good Paddies and Everyday Irish Racial Expectations -- Bad Paddies Talk Back -- Paddy and Paddiette Go to Washington: Race and Transnational Immigration Politics. 
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