Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine and Its Irish Longshoremen - Michael C. Connolly - Books - University Press of Florida - 9780813037226 - March 25, 2011
In case cover and title do not match, the title is correct

Michael C. Connolly
Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine and Its Irish Longshoremen

Price
$ 39.99
excl. VAT

Ordered from remote warehouse

Expected to be ready for shipping May 27 - Jun 8

Our customers say:

14-day return policy in accordance with European consumer protection law
Top ranking on Trustpilot
Add to your iMusic wish list

For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, losing its prominence only after WWII, as containerization came to dominate all shipping and Portland shifted its focus to tourism.

Michael Connolly offers an in-depth study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. He shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks. Using this fascinating city and these hard-working longshoremen as a case study, he sheds light on a larger tale of ethnicity, class, regionalism, and globalization.

304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, charts

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 25, 2011
ISBN13 9780813037226
Publishers University Press of Florida
Pages 304
Dimensions 149 × 226 × 22 mm   ·   426 g
Language English  

Mere med samme udgiver

See all of Michael C. Connolly ( e.g. Paperback Book and Hardcover Book )