Description "Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the port\'s twentieth century decline.
Paine, author of Down East "Vividly reveals how. History during a crucial period in the formation of the nation\'s economic and social identity."--Lincoln P.
The book is a valuable contribution to local labor History that situates its subject within the broader picture of U.
S.
Description "Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the port\'s twentieth century decline