Parish Boundaries
Author | : John T. McGreevy |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1998-05-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226558746 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226558745 |
Rating | : 4/5 (745 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Parish Boundaries by : John T. McGreevy
Download or read book Parish Boundaries written by John T. McGreevy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-05-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steeples topped by crosses still dominate neighborhood skylines in many American cities, silent markers of local worlds rarely examined by historians. In Parish Boundaries, John McGreevy chronicles the history of these Catholic parishes and connects their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of American race relations in the twentieth century.