Jay P. Dolan is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, where he founded the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1975 and was the director of the Center until 1993. He is the author of, among other books, In Search of American Catholicism (2002) and The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present (Notre Dame Press edition, 1992).

"A valuable and perceptive portrait of urban Catholicism based on wide research." —Times Literary Supplement"It all makes for a fine introduction to the kind of church history that needs more doing: people-history." —Church History"This important and first-rate book . . . is social history at its best." —Commonweal"Fascinating reading for those interested in ethnicity, immigration, Catholicism, and religion. Indeed, it will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in understanding the heterogeneous but durable American republic as it lumers into its third century." —Journal of American History

Jay P. Dolan is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, where he founded the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1975 and was the director of the Center until 1993. He is the author of, among other books, In Search of American Catholicism (2002) and The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present (Notre Dame Press edition, 1992).

"A valuable and perceptive portrait of urban Catholicism based on wide research." —Times Literary Supplement"It all makes for a fine introduction to the kind of church history that needs more doing: people-history." —Church History"This important and first-rate book . . . is social history at its best." —Commonweal"Fascinating reading for those interested in ethnicity, immigration, Catholicism, and religion. Indeed, it will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in understanding the heterogeneous but durable American republic as it lumers into its third century." —Journal of American History

Jay P. Dolan is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, where he founded the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1975 and was the director of the Center until 1993. He is the author of, among other books, In Search of American Catholicism (2002) and The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present (Notre Dame Press edition, 1992).

"A valuable and perceptive portrait of urban Catholicism based on wide research." —Times Literary Supplement"It all makes for a fine introduction to the kind of church history that needs more doing: people-history." —Church History"This important and first-rate book . . . is social history at its best." —Commonweal"Fascinating reading for those interested in ethnicity, immigration, Catholicism, and religion. Indeed, it will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in understanding the heterogeneous but durable American republic as it lumers into its third century." —Journal of American History