Into the melting pot : the assimilation of Irish potato famine emigrants in the United States

Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Social Science, Teaching American History, 2006This historiography focuses on the experiences of the Irish people who immigrated to America as a result of the Potato Famine in Ireland during the years 1846 to 1851. These immigrants arrived on the east coast of the United States, and many of them chose to stay in eastern cities that had been established for hundreds of years. However, some of these brave immigrants traveled across the frontier to San Francisco. In so doing, they faced the challenge of surviving the journey across the Atlantic, assimilating into American culture, and overcoming racial prejudice. The determination of the Irish to not only survive the famine in Ireland, but to succeed in America is the underlying theme of this project