The Butte Irish
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The Butte Irish

Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925

  1. 464 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Butte Irish

Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925

About this book

In this pioneering study, David Emmons tells the story of Butte's large and assertive population of Irish immigrants. He traces their backgrounds in Ireland, the building  of an ethnic community in Butte, the nature and hazards of their work in the copper mines, and the complex interplay between Irish nationalism and worker consciousness.

From a treasure trove of "Irish stuff," the reports, minutes, and correspondence of the major Irish-American organizations in Butte, Emmons shows how the stalwart supporters of the RELA and the Ancient Order of Hiberians marched and drilled for Irish freedom---and how, as they ran the town, the miners' union, and the largest mining companies, they used this tradition of ethnic cooperation to ensure safe and steady work, Irish mines taking care of Irish miners. Butte was new, overwhelmingly Irish, and extraordinarily dangerous---the ideal place to test the seam between class and ethnicity.
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: Out of Ireland
  10. 1. From Ireland To Butte
  11. 2. Remembered Pasts
  12. 3. Butte, America: Building an Irish Community
  13. 4. Church, Party, and Fraternity: The Irish and Their Associations
  14. 5. Safe and Steady Work: The Irish and The Hazards of Butte
  15. 6. Irishmen and Workers: The Origins of a Western Working-Class Conservatism
  16. 7. Irish Worker Conservatism and The Butte Miner’s Union, 1880–1910
  17. 8. The Aristocracy Besieged: The BMU, The Enclave, and The New Immigration, 1910–1914
  18. 9. The Patriot Game: Butte’s Irish and The Causes of Ireland
  19. 10. Irishtown at War: The German Alliance and Worker Protest, 1900–1918
  20. Epilogue: The Post War Years
  21. Sources Consulted
  22. Index