Ignatiev, Noel
How the Irish Became White (Routledge Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415963091
- author:
- Ignatiev, Noel
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 272
- Genre:
- History of the Americas
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Irish Came to America in a State of Oppression. In the 18th century, they fled a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that viewed them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country, they found a different form of social hierarchy, one based on the color of a person's skin. Noel Ignatiev's book tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors. The new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population by proving they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of how the Irish became white in America.
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