How the Irish Became White

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" ... 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, AmherstThe 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.";Cover; How the Irish Became White; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 SOMETHING IN THE AIR; 2 WHITE NEGROES AND SMOKED IRISH; 3 THE TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF AN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY; 4 THEY SWUNG THEIR PICKS; 5 THE TUMULTUOUS REPUBLIC; 6 FROM PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY TO WHITE REPUBLIC; AFTERWORD; NOTES; INDEX. Cover How the Irish Became White Copyright CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SOMETHING IN THE AIR 2 WHITE NEGROES AND SMOKED IRISH 3 THE TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF AN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY 4 THEY SWUNG THEIR PICKS 5 THE TUMULTUOUS REPUBLIC 6 FROM PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY TO WHITE REPUBLIC AFTERWORD NOTES INDEX.