Paddy and the Republic: Ethnicity and Nationalty in the Antebellum America

Contents Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Paddy and the Republic 1 Finding Paddy 2 “The Sin of the Irishman Is Ignorance— The Cure Is Liberty” 3 “An Irishman by Nature” 4 Science and the Celt 5 Paddy and the Know-Nothings 6 Ethnicity and Nationality in Antebellum America Appendix A: Content Analysis Appendix B: Sources and Sampling Notes Index