The Power to Exclude: Irish and Chinese in the Western American Labor Movement, 1869-1900

Emmons' books will be available for purchase at the lecture and the SAU bookstore. A book-signing will take place immediately following the lecture.

A faculty member at the University of Montana, Missoula, since 1967, Emmons currently serves as professor emeritus of American history. The author of several books, he specializes in American immigration and labor history, with a particular interest in the role of Irish-Americans. His book' "The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town," received the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Award and the Robert G. Athearn Prize, as well as an honorable mention for the McDonnelly Prize. He also made the McDonnelly Prize honorable mention list with "Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West." Emmons has lectured at the University of Notre Dame and at New York University (NYU), N.Y. His current research project is tentatively titled "Intersecting Lines: America's Irish Question, Ireland's American Question, 1850-1942."

The Lawrence J. McCaffrey Lecture of Irish American Studies is an annual lecture that examines topics related to the Irish-American experience in fields such as history, literature, music, theology, business and the sciences. It is named in honor of one of the world's foremost historians of Ireland and Irish America, Lawrence McCaffrey, a 1949 St. Ambrose graduate and co-founder of the American Conference for Irish Studies.

China is a diverse nation with more than 5,000 years of rich history, and also a rising superpower boasting the world's second-largest and fastest-growing economy. "China Project: The Awakening Dragon" will explore China's global impact-both past and present-while bringing into focus the university's commitment to intercultural engagement.