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'NO IRISH NEED APPLY': A MYTH OF VICTIMIZATION.

Focuses on the widespread of discrimination and prejudice in the Irish American community in the U.S. Humiliation faced by Irish male job applicants; Use of No Irish Need Apply slogan; Role of Irish Catholics law enforcement officials in upholding the modern forms of republicanism.

Published in:Journal of Social History Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 405 - 430
Main Author: Jensen, Richard
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Winter2002
Subjects:
Employment discrimination
Republicanism
United States
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Summary:Focuses on the widespread of discrimination and prejudice in the Irish American community in the U.S. Humiliation faced by Irish male job applicants; Use of No Irish Need Apply slogan; Role of Irish Catholics law enforcement officials in upholding the modern forms of republicanism.