MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 091102s2010 flu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHD8039.L82$bU65125 2010
082 00 $a331.6/2415074191$222
100 1 $aConnolly, Michael C.
245 10 $aSeated by the sea :$bthe maritime history of Portland, Maine, and its Irish longshoremen /$cMichael C. Connolly ; foreword by Joseph E. Brennan.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$cc2010.
263 $a1003
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aNew perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology. Working in the Americas
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a"Delightfully situated on a healthy hill" : the port of Portland before the Civil War -- Black fades to green on the waterfront : nineteenth century social, racial, and ethnic change -- A mixed blessing : Portland at the turn of the twentieth century -- Lost strikes and union affiliation : early twentieth century labor militancy alongshore -- Apex of the union and Catholic hierarchical influence -- Longshore culture and the decline of the port of Portland in the mid to late twentieth century -- Conclusion: The port of Portland in the twenty-first century and its maritime future -- Appendix A: Portland Town -- Appendix B: Day of the Clipper -- Appendix C: Retirement list as of January 1983 -- Appendix D: Oral histories -- Appendix E: Longshore nicknames -- Appendix F: Membership levels of the Portland Longshoremen's Benevolent Society.
650 0 $aStevedores$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
650 0 $aIrish$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
650 0 $aIrish Americans$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorking class$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
650 0 $aLabor unions$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial change$zMaine$zPortland$xHistory.
651 0 $aPortland (Me.)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aPortland (Me.)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aPortland (Me.)$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aPort cities$zMaine$vCase studies.