After the flood; Irish America 1945-1960.

9780716529873

After the flood; Irish America 1945-1960.

Ed. by James Silas Rogers and Matthew J. O'Brien.

Irish Academic Press

2009

223 pages

$59.95

Hardcover

Irish abroad

E184

Rogers, a noted author and editor of Irish studies, has joined with O'Brien (history, Franciscan U. of Steubenville, Ohio) to edit these essays on the diversity of Irish-American communities after the end of World War II. Aimed at students and scholars interested in the social and political aspects of Irish identities in the US, these articles address such topics as American responses to Partition, the search for ethnic continuities abroad, Irish-American ethnicity during the Cold War and Irish-American tourism in Ireland. The films The Quiet Man and The Last Hurrah and their effects on modern American culture are also discussed. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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