O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012,

South Boston, My Home Town The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood / Thomas H. O'Connor ; [new foreword by Lawrence W. Kennedy]. - 1 online resource (1 online resource xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Reprint of 1994 edition with new foreword. Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License Originally published: Boston : Quinlan Press, ©1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-254) and index.

Introduction -- From Colony to Community -- The Immigrant Tide -- Forming a Neighborhood -- Pensulia Politics -- "My Home Town" -- Photographs -- Changing Times -- Under Siege -- Looking Ahead.

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An engaging yet objective look at the 350 year old history of Southie, a neighborhood that has survived largely unchanged since the early days of immigrant Irish families and old time political bosses. Originally published by Quinlan Press in 1988 and reprinted by Northeastern University Press in 1994. With a new foreword by Lawrence W. Kennedy.

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Irish Americans--History.--Massachusetts--Boston


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Massachusetts--Boston.
Boston (Mass.)--Ethnic relations.
Boston (Mass.)--History.
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--Ethnic relations.
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--History.


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