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Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and Its Irish
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Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and Its Irish Longshoremen (Working in the Americas Series) Hardcover with dust jacket - 2010

by Connolly, Michael C

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Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 9.25 inches tall;  281 pages with Appendixes, Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index.. "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. The book is a valuable contribution to local labor history that situates its subject within the broader picture of U.S. history during a crucial period in the formation of the nation's economic and social identity." [Lincoln P. Paine, author of Down East] For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, losing its prominence only after WWII, as containerization came to dominate all shipping and Portland shifted its focus to tourism.
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Michael C. Connolly, a native of Portland, is professor of history at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. He is the editor of They Change Their Sky: The Irish in Maine.