Abstract:The One of the most colourful neighbourhoods in the great Shoe City of Brockton, Massachusetts, the Tip was home to Irish Americans who lived, dreamed, and ultimately prospered. They worked to ensure a more comfortable life for their children, and their success can be measured by the versions of the American dream lived by their descendants south of Boston and across the country; for the most part, happily ignorant of how those dreams came to be. This irony frames the story of a neighbourhood populated by succ… Show more
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