How the Irish became White
by Noel Ignatiev
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"The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country -- a land of opportunity -- they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person's skin. Noel Ignatiev's 1995 book - the first published work of one of America's leading and most controversial historians -- tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White." -- Publisher's description.
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Irish Americans, Politics and government, Cultural assimilation, African Americans, Relations with Irish Americans, Race relations, Race identity, Ethnic relations, Afro-Americans, United states, race relations, National characteristics, irish, Immigranten, Ieren, Negers, Discriminatie, Assimilatie (sociologie), Américains d'origine irlandaise, Politique et gouvernement, Acculturation, Noirs américains, Relations interethniques, Assimilation (Soziologie), Geschichte 1800-1900, Rassenbeziehung, Relations avec les Américains d'origine irlandaise, Assimilation, Ethnische Beziehungen, Iren, Schwarze, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, Cultural, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies, General, Minority StudiesPlaces
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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How the Irish Became White explodes a number of myths surrounding race in our society. Focusing on how the Irish were assimilated as "whites" in America, Noel Ignatiev uncovers the roots of conflict between Irish Americans and African Americans and draws a powerful connection between Irish "success" in nineteenth-century American society and their embrace of white supremacy. - Jacket flap.
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