The Sons of Molly Maguire : : The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War / / Mark Bulik.

Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PART I
  • Introduction: The Fountainhead
  • 1. "A Slumbering Volcano"
  • PART II
  • 2. The Black Pig's Realm
  • 3. The Secret Societies
  • 4. Land and Politics
  • 5. The Molly Maguires
  • PART III
  • 6. Brotherly Love
  • 7. The Hibernians
  • 8. Another Ulster
  • 9. Resurrection
  • 10. "Brave Sons of Molly"
  • 11. Mars in Mahantango
  • 12. "A Damned Hard Hole"
  • 13. "A Howling Wilderness"
  • 14. Parting Shots
  • 15. The Road to Black Thursday
  • 16. Shadows of the Gunmen
  • Notes
  • Index