Seated by the Sea The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and Its Irish Longshoremen |
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| Author:
| Connolly, Michael C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-3469-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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A study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. It shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks.
A study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. It shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks.