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Discovering the peoples of MichiganCommins, Pat
Summary: "To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century. In Ireland, people suffered persecution, poverty and famine. America offered freedom and opportunity. For those who left and came to Michigan, the land's abundant natural resources encouraged them to become loggers, miners, fishermen, traders and farmers. Others became rail workers, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, doctors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 COM1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.4 COM
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 COMMetress, Seamus P.
Contents: Irish emigration to America -- The urban Irish in Detroit -- The Irish beyond Detroit -- Beyond the neighborhood today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPElliott, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research 1999
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3 EllioSommers, Laurie Kay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1996