ATLANTIC CROSSINGS

Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945–1995. By Linda Dowling Almeida. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001. x + 211 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95 (cloth).

Amsterdam-New York: Transatlantic Relations and Urban Identities since 1653. Edited by George Harinck and Hans Krabbendam. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2005. 199 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. 29.90 euros (cloth).

The Shamrock and the Lily: The New York Irish and the Creation of a Transatlantic Identity, 1845–1921. By Mary C. Kelly. New York: Peter Lang, 2005. xvi + 262 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95 (paper).

Matt O'Brien
Franciscan University

Although these works each center on the interaction between New York City and European immigrants, their disparate time periods and approaches make separate contributions to the growing body of work on transatlantic migration and ethnicity. Whether applying questions of imperialism and autonomy to colonial America, uncovering previously overlooked sub-networks, or describing the potential decline of these networks during the late twentieth century, all three books offer original thinking and useful insights to the field of ethnic history.