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The New York Irish in the 1850s - Locked in by Poverty?

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  • Cormac Ó Gráda

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  • Cormac Ó Gráda, 2005. "The New York Irish in the 1850s - Locked in by Poverty?," Working Papers 200517, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
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