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Gilded Age Psyches: Irish Who Came to America, Rich & Poor
| Dates: |
02/10/2010 (Wed): 7:00 pm RESCHEDULED FOR 03/01/2010 (Mon): 7:00 pm - 03/01/2010 (Mon): 7:00 pm |
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| Category: | Lectures/Workshops |
| Description: | Gilded Age Psyches: Irish Who Came to America, Rich & Poor —the two sides of the emigration story ~ a lecture with slides by Robert Spiegelman, PhD sociologist, multi-media artist, writer, President, Real-View Media This talk/visual presentation sharply contrasts the two sides of the emigration story: that of the Irish emigration by millions to the US in the wake of the famine versus the story of a wealthy Victorian Irishman who went west with his NY wife. They were the first "transatlantic elite couple, "jet setters, per se in their day. This Victorian Irishman became the owner of the first Texas cattle empire (the real bonanza) and, as a result, the biggest Irish-born landholder of all time. ...So the lecture tells an epic tale of two sides of the same emigration/immigration coin: those who came to America poor and stayed while working to make a new life and those who came to America rich and made some strategic moves which made themselves richer on both sides of the Atlantic... Morrison Hall Mansion is located at 115 South St, Middletown, NY, and is ADA compliant. |
| Location: | Morrison Hall Mansion |
| Fee: | Free & open to the public |
| Sponsor: | Sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, Speakers in the Humanities |
| Phone: |
(845) 341-4891 |
| E-mail: |
cultural@sunyorange.edu |
| Web Page: | Follow this link |
| Announcement: | Gilded Age Psyches: Irish Who Came to America, Rich & Poor |
Images
- Eminent Victorians (Opens in new window)
- Irishman with Scythe (Opens in new window)