Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870

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Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870 is written by Kay Retzlaff and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000479285 (ISBN 10) and 9781000479287 (ISBN 13).

Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870: Bridget's Belfast examines how Irish immigrants shaped and reshaped their identity in a rural New England community. Forty percent of Irish immigrants to the United States settled in rural areas. Achieving success beyond large urban centers required distinctive ways of performing Irishness. Class, status, and gender were more significant than ethnicity. Close reading of diaries, newspapers, local histories, and public papers allows for nuanced understanding of immigrant lives amid stereotype and the nineteenth century evolution of a Scotch-Irish identity.