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I am hoping members of H-Ethnic can help me with a historiographic question. I am writing an article about the residence patterns of Irish immigrants in Savannah GA on the eve of the Civil War--specifically how different parts of Savannah had concentrations of immigrants from different parts of Ireland, something it is possible to document because the census taker there in 1860 recorded the Irish county of birth for almost all of the 3,000 Irish immigrants living there. In trying to describe the historiography on this subject, I am having trouble finding other studies of immigrants that consider this subject. It is easy to find works describing how one ethnic group settled in comparison to *other* ethnic groups, but I have not found other studies that look at intra-ethnic residential patterns. Can anyone suggest any, either historical or contemporary? The work can concern the Irish or other immigrant groups, and can cover the US or someplace else. Also, I recall Jacob Riis making reference to such a phenomenon for Italians in New York--how one tenement would house the immigrants from one Italian village, and the one next door would be full of immigrants from another town, etc., but have been unable to locate this reference. If anyone knows where I can find it and can let me know, I'd be most grateful. Thanks very much, Tyler Anbinder anbinder@GWU.EDU Professor of History George Washington University --30--