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MOVING BEYOND "RAGS TO RICHES"

Research Papers (10 pages or more)

  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 immigrants from Dublin?
  3. What was life like for New York's immigrants from the city of Cork?
  4. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Donegal?
  5. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Cavan?
  6. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Tyrone?
  7. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Galway?
  8. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Limerick?
  9. What was life like for New York's immigrants from County Kerry?
  10. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant carpenters?
  11. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant day laborers?
  12. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant porters?
  13. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant peddlers?
  14. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant clerks?
  15. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant tailors?
  16. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant domestic servants?
  17. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant seamstresses?
  18. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant saloonkeepers?
  19. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Fourth Ward along the East River waterfront?
  20. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Five Points?
  21. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Corlears Hook neighborhood?
  22. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s First Ward along the west side waterfront?
  23. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s predominantly German Seventeenth Ward?
Research Papers (10 pages or more)