South Boston, My Home Town : The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood / / Thomas H. O'Connor ; [new foreword by Lawrence W. Kennedy].

• VerfasserIn: O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kennedy, Lawrence W., 1952-
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource xvii, 259 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: 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.

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 1...

Table of Contents

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