How the Irish Became White Hardcover - 2015

Name: How the Irish Became White
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Author: Noel Ignatiev
ISBN: 9781138127777

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From the publisher

'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called 'path breaking, ' 'seminal, ' 'essential, ' a 'must read.' How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst

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.

Details

Title How the Irish Became White
Author Noel Ignatiev
Binding Hardcover
Pages 276
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Routledge
Date 2015
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated
ISBN 9781138127777 / 1138127779
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 7.87 x 5.2 x 0.71 in (19.99 x 13.21 x 1.80 cm)
Ages 18 to 18 years
Grade levels 13 - 13
Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Ethnic Orientation: Irish
Dewey Decimal Code 305.891

About the author

Noel Ignatiev (b. 1940) is best known for his call to abolish the white race. He was a co-founder and co-editor of the journal Race Traitor (an anthology from which won an American Book Award), and a co-founder of the New Abolitionist Society. He teaches history at the Massachusetts College of Art. American History