| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book is unique in adopting a family history approach to Irish immigrants in nineteenth century Britain. It shows that the family was central to the migrants' lives and identities. The techniques of family and digital history are used for the first time to reveal the paths followed by a representative body of Irish immigrant families, using the town of Stafford in the West Midlands as a case study. The book contains vital evidence about the lives of ordinary families. In the long term many intermarried with the local population, but others moved away and some simply died out. The book inve. |
| Contents |
Irish emigrants and family history: a new approach -- The context: Irish emigration and Stafford -- Stafford's Irish families: the overall picture -- Pathfinders: labouring families before the Famine -- Refugees from the Famine -- Labouring families in the Famine's aftermath, 1852 onwards -- Lace curtain Irish? The families of craft, clerical and service workers -- Old soldiers and their families -- The Irish in the shoe trade -- The forgotten Irish: entrepreneurs and professionals -- Divergent paths: the conclusions to be drawn. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Irish -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Irish. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Irish -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Immigrant families -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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Immigrant families. |
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Ireland. |
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Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Druck-Ausgabe Herson, John. Divergent paths : Family histories of Irish emigrants in Britain 1820-1920. Oxford : Manchester University Press, ©2015 |
| ISBN |
9780719098338 (electronic book) |
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0719098335 (electronic book) |
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9781781708385 |
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178170838X |
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9780719090639 |
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0719090636 |
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