内容简介
TheIrishcametoAmericaintheeighteenthcentury,fleeingahomelandunderforeignoccupationandacastesystemthatregardedthemasthelowestformofhumanity.Inthenewcountry–alandofopportunity–theyfoundaverydifferentformofsocialhierarchy,onethatwasbasedonthecolorofaperson’sskin.NoelIgnatiev’s1995book–thefirstpublishedworkofoneofAmerica’sleadingandmostcontroversialhistorians–tellsthestoryofhowtheoppressedbecametheoppressors;howthenewIrishimmigrantsachievedacceptanceamonganinitiallyhostilepopulationonlybyprovingthattheycouldbemorebrutalintheiroppressionofAfricanAmericansthanthenativists.ThisisthestoryofHowtheIrishBecameWhite.