| Description |
xix, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in modern history
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Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The eighteenth century -- Ulster -- Emigrtion -- Arrival and Settlement -- Religion and Politics -- the Scotch-Irish in 1790 and after -- 2. Before the famine -- Economy and Society in rural Ireland -- Emigration, arrival and Settlement -- Labour and Race -- Religion -- Nativism and Abolitionism -- 3. The famine generation -- An Gorta Mor -- Exodus -- Arrival, Settlement and Labour -- Religion, Nativism and Politics -- Being Irish in America -- 4. After the famine -- Economy and Society in Rural Ireland -- Arrival and Settlement -- Labour and Gender -- Nativism and Politics -- Religion -- Nationalism -- 5. Irish America, 1900-1940 -- The Irish in Ireland and the United States -- Labours -- Natinalism -- Alcohol and Culture -- Religion -- Politics -- 6. Irish America since the Second World War -- Prosperity -- The Irish-American Community -- Religion -- Municipal Politics -- National Politics -- Nationalism, I -- Nationalism, II |
| Subject |
Irish Americans -- History.
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Irish Americans. |
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History. |
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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United States. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Ireland. |
| ISBN |
058227818X |
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0582278171 paperback |
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