Bibliograph

The beat cop, Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the creation of Irish music, Michael O'Malley

Type

Label

The beat cop, Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the creation of Irish music, Michael O'Malley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The beat cop

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1258041979

Responsibility statement

Michael O'Malley

Sub title

Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the creation of Irish music

Summary

"Francis O'Neill was Chicago's larger-than-life police chief, starting in 1901- and he was an Irish immigrant with an intense interest in his home country's music. In documenting and publishing his understanding of Irish musical folkways, O'Neill became the foremost shaper of what "Irish music" meant. He favored specific rural forms and styles, and as Michael O'Malley shows, he was the "beat cop" -actively using his police powers and skills to acquire knowledge about Irish music and to enforce a nostalgic vision of it"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction : The scholar -- Tralibane Bridge : Childhood and memory -- Out on the ocean : O'Neill's life at sea, in port, and in the Sierra -- Rolling on the ryegrass : A year on the Missouri prairie -- The new policeman : O'Neill's rise through the ranks -- Rakish Paddy : The Chicago Irish and their world -- Chief O'Neill's favorite : The chief in office -- King of the pipers : O'Neill's work in retirement -- Epilogue : Happy to meet, sorry to part : The legacy

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