{"product_id":"seated-by-the-sea-the-maritime-history-of-portland-maine-and-its-irish-longshoremen-paperback","title":"Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of Portland, Maine, and Its Irish Longshoremen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael C. Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Connolly offers an in-depth study of the on-shore labor force that made the port function from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. He shows how Irish immigrants replaced and supplanted the existing West Indian workers and established benevolent societies and unions that were closed to blacks. Using this fascinating city and these hard-working longshoremen as a case study, he sheds light on a larger tale of ethnicity, class, regionalism, and globalization.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael C. Connolly\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of Portland, is professor of history at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThey Change Their Sky: The Irish in Maine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130640961671,"sku":"9780813037226","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ae9e33efb9c2f5b4d9dbe0bae7233132.webp?v=1732612571","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/seated-by-the-sea-the-maritime-history-of-portland-maine-and-its-irish-longshoremen-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}