Looking for Jimmy

A Search for Irish America

Peter Quinn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2022 | New edition
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-9947-8 (ISBN)

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In this stunning work chronicling the author's exploration of his own past—and the lives of many hundreds of thousands of nameless immigrants who struggled alongside his own ancestors—Peter Quinn paints a brilliant new portrait of the Irish-American men and women whose evolving culture and values continue to play such a central role in all of our identities as Americans. In Quinn's hands, the Irish stereotype of "Paddy" gives way to an image of "Jimmy"—an archetypal Irish-American. From Irish immigration to modern politics, Quinn vibrantly weaves together the story of a remarkable people and their immeasurable contribution to American history and culture.

Peter Quinn is a novelist, political historian, and foremost chronicler of New York City. He is the author of Banished Children of Eve and a trilogy of historical detective novels—Hour of the Cat, The Man Who Never Returned, and Dry Bones.

Foreword 11
I. Family and Memory
Looking for Jimmy 19
In Search of the Banished Children 43
The Skillins 57
The Perils of Pat 67
Stones of Memory 74
II. Politics and Place
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall 87
Local Politics, Irish-American Style 101
Life of the Party 112
Civil Service 122
The Bronx is Burning 127
Cast a Cold Eye: William Kennedy's Albany 138
III. Faith and Imagination
Confessions of a Bronx Irish-Catholic 155
Sic Transit 164
The Catholic Imagination 172
Holy Orders 188
City of God, City of Man 193
IV. Silence and History
The Triumph of Bridget Such-a-One 211
An Interpretation of Silences 231
Closets Full of Bones 246
Lost and Found 257
A Famine Remembrance 267
Conclusion
Irish America at the Millennium: How the Irish Stayed Irish 273

Erscheinungsdatum	17.03.2022
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8232-9947-3 / 0823299473
ISBN-13	978-0-8232-9947-8 / 9780823299478
Zustand	Neuware