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Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and its Irish Longshoremen Michael C. Connolly
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Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and its Irish Longshoremen
Michael C. Connolly
A study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. It shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks.
288 pages, 35 b/w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 25, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813034690 |
| Publishers | University Press of Florida |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 232 × 158 × 24 mm · 585 g |
| Series Editor | Bradford, James C. |
| Series Editor | Smith, Gene Allen |
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