Immigrants, Nativists, and the Making of Chicago, 1835-1893

Thesis advisor: Kevin Kenny === Between 1835 and 1893, the majority of immigrants who settled in Chicago were of Irish or German birth. Even though the city’s economic leaders’ plans to transform Chicago into a center of international trade required the labor of these immigrants, Irish and German Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowan, Mimi
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104929