# How the Irish Became White

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- Authors: [Noel Ignatiev](https://www.bookquiver.com/noel-ignatiev)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2008-09-11

## Description

Tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population in America, only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists.

## Editions

### How the Irish Became White

- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- ISBN: 978-04-1596-309-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2008-09-11
- Language: en_US