Irish Everywhere: Irish Americans and the Making of the Multicultural City

James R Barrett, Department of History, Illinois Respondents: David R Roediger Department of History, Illinois Between the late nineteenth century and the Great Depression, a new multi-ethnic American city emerged amidst giant waves of migration of Europeans and people of color from around the globe. A large settled population of Irish Americans and their relations with these newcomers -- in city streets, the Catholic parish, the urban union and political machine, and on the vaudeville stage -- shaped the character of work, culture, and politics in this new city.