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MOVING BEYOND "RAGS TO RICHES"

Research Papers and Thesis Topics

Research Papers (approx. 10 pages)

1. What can we learn about New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrants from their bank accounts?
2. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from Dublin?
3. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from the city of Cork?
4. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from the town of Clonmel in County Tipperary?
5. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Donegal?
6. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Cavan?
7. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Tyrone?
8. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Galway?
9. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Limerick?
10. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Meath?
11. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Roscommon?
12. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Kerry?
13. What was life like for New York's Famine-Era Irish immigrants from County Tipperary?
14. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant carpenters?
15. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant day laborers?
16. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant porters?
17. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant peddlers?
18.What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant clerks?
19. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant tailors?
20. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant domestic servants?
21. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant seamstresses?
22. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant female business owners?
23. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant saloonkeepers?
24. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Fourth Ward along the East River waterfront?
25. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Five Points?
26. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Corlears Hook neighborhood?
27. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s First Ward along the west side waterfront?
28. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s predominantly German Seventeenth Ward?
29. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s upper West Side 20th Ward?
30. How much occupational mobility was there for New York’s famine-era Irish immigrants.  To what extent did occupations affect their ability to save? 

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Research Papers and Thesis Topics