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Author Busteed, M. A. (Mervyn Austen), 1944- author.

Title The Irish in Manchester c.1750-1921 : resistance, adaptation and identity / Mervyn Busteed.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; The Irish in Manchester c. 1750-1921; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early connections, 'Little Ireland'and stereotypes; 2 Famine influx and residential clustering: Angel Meadow; 3 The Catholic Church; 4 St Patrick's Day: evolution of a celebration; 5 Revolution and reform: 1790s to 1850s; 6 Elections and meetings: 1870-1921; 7 Fenians, martyrs and memories; 8 Decline, revival and rising; Conclusion; Index
Summary The book examines the development of the Irish community in Manchester, one of the most dynamic cities of nineteenth-century Britain. Based on research into a wide variety of local sources, it examines the process by which the Irish came to be blamed for all the ills of the industrial revolution and the ways in which they attempted to cope with a sometimes actively hostile environment. It discusses the nature and degree of residential segregation in one notable Irish district and the role of the Catholic Church as a source of spiritual comfort and the base for a dense network of mutual aid and.
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Subject Irish -- England -- Manchester -- History.
Irish.
England -- Manchester.
History.
Industrial revolution -- England -- Manchester -- History.
Industrial revolution.
Manchester (England) -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Busteed, M. A. (Mervyn Austen), 1944- Irish in Manchester c.1750-1921. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016 9780719087196 (OCoLC)907131516
ISBN 9781784996994 (electronic book)
1784996998 (electronic book)
9780719087196
0719087198