How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch)

@book{citeulike:1890746, abstract = {{<p>In a series of lively essays, this pioneering book proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Daniel Cassidy simultaneously traces the hidden history of how Ireland fashioned America, not just linguistically, but through the Irish gambling underworld, urban street gangs, and the powerful political machines that grew out of them. Cassidy uncovers a secret national heritage, long discounted by our WASP-dominated culture. </p> <p> <strong>Daniel Cassidy</strong> is the founder and co-director of the Irish Studies Program at New College in San Francisco.</p>}}, author = {Cassidy, Daniel }, citeulike-article-id = {1890746}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {1904859607}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2007-11-09 18:29:51}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{CounterPunch Books and AK Press}}, title = {How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch)}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&amp;path=ASIN/1904859607}, year = {2007} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1890746 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1890746 TI - How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch) PB - {CounterPunch Books and AK Press} SN - 1904859607 N2 - {<p>In a series of lively essays, this pioneering book proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Daniel Cassidy simultaneously traces the hidden history of how Ireland fashioned America, not just linguistically, but through the Irish gambling underworld, urban street gangs, and the powerful political machines that grew out of them. Cassidy uncovers a secret national heritage, long discounted by our WASP-dominated culture. </p> <p> <strong>Daniel Cassidy</strong> is the founder and co-director of the Irish Studies Program at New College in San Francisco.</p>} AU - Cassidy, Daniel PY - 2007/10/08/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/1904859607 ER -