No Irish need apply
- Title
- No Irish need apply [videorecording] / produced and directed by Marcia Rock.
- Published by
- New York, NY : Cinama Guild, 1993.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Quinn, an author of Irish historical fiction examines, through the use of historical film footage, the harsh realities faced by Irish immigrants to New York City in the mid-1800's. He comments upon their experiences at the processing center Castle Garden, their social and labor conditions, their role in the development of theater, and their eventual rebellion in the Draft Riot of 1863 which led to the first legislation to protect immigrants from exploitation. He also examines the relationships between Afro-Americans and the Irish as they struggled to fill the same economic niche.
- Subject
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century
- Irish Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations
- New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century
- Irish > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century
- Note
- Based on the novel Banished Children of Eve by Peter Quinn and a conversation with the author at McSorleys.
- System details (note)
- VHS.
- Title
- No Irish need apply [videorecording] / produced and directed by Marcia Rock.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Cinama Guild, 1993.
- System details
- VHS.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Rock, Marcia.
- Quinn, Peter (Peter A.)
- Branch call number
- VC 325.2415 N