TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacGuire,James P.
TI  - Real lace revisited
SN  - 9781493024902
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Guilford, Connecticut
PB  - Lyons Press
KW  - Birmingham, Stephen.
KW  - Irish Americans
KW  - Biography
KW  - Upper class
KW  - United States
KW  - Rich people
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: In praise of Stephen Birmingham -- Foreword: The real first Irish family -- McDonnell & Co. : the aftermath -- The rise of the wealthy Irish Catholics -- WASPs, Jews and the Irish -- Southward and westward -- Faith of our fathers (and mothers) -- Profile: Portsmouth Priory : the early years -- From counting houses to carryout -- Profile: Tom Monaghan and Domino's Pizza -- High (and low) society -- Profile: Watering holes : Saratoga, Southampton, Newport -- Sport -- Profile: The Maras and Rooneys : from racing to pro football -- In the public arena -- Profile: The Kennedys and the Buckleys -- Vatican II : an age of anxiety -- The 1960s : high-water mark -- Profile: Portsmouth again : from priory to abbey -- Gratitude -- Profile: Peter Flanigan and student sponsor partners -- Assimilation : leaving the ghetto -- Decay and falling away -- Epilogue: Endings and new beginnings
N2  - "Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birmingham's beloved Real Lace. James P. MacGuire, a member of one of Birmingham's Irish families, creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the Irish rich, further detailing and filling out this engrossing portion of America's social history"--Provided by publisher
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