On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York 0801458587, 9780801458583

On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York 9780801458583

Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port

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The Port of New York Authority 9780231896405

Examines the Port of New York Authority after twenty years in existence as the first agency to be created by compact wit

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The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883 0268105731, 9780268105730

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Gateway to the World: The Port of New York in Colour Photographs 9781445648231

The port of New York has been a centre for trade since the eighteenth century, when it was involved in trade between Eur

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New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times 9780814769355

The City Section of The New York Times shows us "real New Yorkers". “There are eight million stories in the

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More New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of The New York Times 9780814769027

What do Francine Prose, Suketu Mehta, and Edwidge Danticat have in common? Each suffers from an incurable love affair wi

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Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York 0472076132, 9780472076130

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its miss

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Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978 9781442683259

Exploring complicated issues of labour relations clearly and concisely, Waterfront Blues also boasts a fascinating cast

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Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco’s Waterfront 9780520943346, 9780520255807

Described as a "forest of masts," San Francisco's Gold Rush waterfront was a floating economy of ships an

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The Italians of New York 0985569808, 9780985569808

An overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and dif

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