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On the Irish waterfront : the crusader, the movie, and the soul of the port of New York
- Title
- On the Irish waterfront : the crusader, the movie, and the soul of the port of New York / James T. Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, James Terence.
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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- Description
- xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cushwa Center studies of Catholicism in twentieth-century America
- Uniform Title
- Cushwa Center studies of Catholicism in twentieth-century America.
- Subjects
- Port districts > Corrupt practices > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Catholic Church Missions > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Church work with the working class > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
- On the waterfront (Motion picture)
- Irish Americans > Employment > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Stevedores > Hudson River Region (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Pete Barry's Punch -- Introduction. The Port's Irish Places -- Pt. 1. Boys of the Irish Waterfront -- 1. Chelsea's King Joe -- 2. The Boss -- 3. Becoming Mr. Big -- 4. The Longshoreman's Grandson -- Pt. II. The Soul of the Port -- 5. A Labor Priest in the Catholic Metropolis -- 6. The Crusader -- 7. Covering the Waterfront -- 8. The Hollywood Prince -- 9. Meeting across the River -- 10. Priest and Worker -- 11. An Intimacy with Violence -- Pt. III. Waterfront Apotheosis -- 12. A Season for Testimony -- 13. "The Hook" -- 14. Good Citizens -- 15. Saving the Picture -- 16. The Mile Square City's Moment -- 17. The Priest in the Movie -- 18. "The Corruption Goes Deep" -- 19. The Poetry of Success -- Epilogue: Souls of the (Port) Apostolate.
- ISBN
- 9780801448041 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801448042 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009013058
- 40017074008
- OCLC
- ocn318970534
- 318970534
- SCSB-5486684
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries