Term of Award
Spring 2017
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Committee Chair
Steven Engel
Committee Member 1
Howard Keeley
Committee Member 2
Ashley Coles
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to identify residency patterns and neighborhoods for Savannah-Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century. Using a multimethod approach, this thesis explores historical, social, and economic factors that influenced settlement patterns and cultivated the conditions for an Irish-American identity, particularly in two neighborhoods, Old Fort and Yamacraw. Guided by Yancey et al.’s (1976) emergent ethnicity theory, this study uses archival materials, as well as chi-square tests for association, and the 1860 Federal Census of Chatham County, Georgia, to geolocate Irish immigrants. With an emphasis on County Wexford, Ireland, the results suggest residency was associated with Irish county of origin and occupation; patterns of residency based on ethnicity did exist in mid-nineteenth century Savannah.
Recommended Citation
Ryniker, S. A. (2017). Savannah's Ethnic Irish Neighborhoods in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Multimethod Examination.
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
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