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1 online resource (xv, 332 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
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McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 46
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McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 46.
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| Summary |
"Wherever they settled, immigrants from Ireland and their descendants shaped and reshaped their understanding of being Irish in response to circumstances in both the old and new worlds. In A Land of Dreams, Patrick Mannion analyzes and compares the evolution of Irish identity in three communities on the prow of northeastern North America: St John's, Newfoundland, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine, in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. These three port cities, home to diverse Irish populations in different stages of development and in different national contexts, provide a fascinating setting for a study of intergenerational ethnicity. Mannion traces how Irishness could, at certain points, form the basis of a strong, cohesive identity among Catholics of Irish descent, while at other times it faded into the background. Although there was a consistent, often romantic gaze across the Atlantic to the old land, many of the organizations that helped mediate large-scale public engagement with the affairs of Ireland - especially Irish nationalist associations - spread from further west on the North American mainland. Irish ethnicity did not, therefore, develop in isolation, but rather as a result of a complex interplay of local, regional, national, and transnational networks. This volume shows that despite a growing generational distance, Ireland remained "a land of dreams" for many immigrants and their descendants. They were connected to a transnational Irish diaspora well into the twentieth century."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: the Irish diaspora in comparative perspective -- The setting: St. John's, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Portland, Maine -- Everyday Irishness: associational life, 1880-1910 -- Charitable relief, the Land League, and home rule nationalism, 1880-1891 -- The changing face of ethnicity: waning nationalism and the Catholic Church -- Reinvented nationalism: the Third Home Rule Bill, the Ulster Crisis, and the First World War, 1911-1918 -- An ethnic resurgence: engagement with Irish nationalism, 1919-1923 -- Conclusion: understanding Irish ethnicity in the diaspora. Appendices : Occupational categories -- Biographical details of members of the Portland Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1912 -- Traceable members of the Portland Land League, 1881-1882 -- Provisional dominion council of the self-determined for Ireland League of Newfoundland, October 1920 -- Names and occupations of the 1920 Portland Friends of Irish Freedom Executive. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Irish -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Ethnic identity -- History.
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Irish. |
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's. |
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Ethnicity. |
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History. |
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Irish -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Ethnic identity -- History.
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Nova Scotia -- Halifax. |
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Irish Americans -- Maine -- Portland -- Ethnic identity -- History.
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Irish Americans. |
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Maine -- Portland. |
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Irish -- Maine -- Portland -- Ethnic identity -- History.
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Nationalism -- Ireland.
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Nationalism. |
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Ireland. |
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Irish Canadians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Ethnic identity -- History. |
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Irish Canadians -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Ethnic identity -- History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mannion, Patrick. Land of Dreams. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018] 0773553606 (OCoLC)1012789506 |
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9780773554054 (electronic book) |
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077355405X (electronic book) |
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9780773554061 (epub) |
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0773554068 (epub) |
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9780773553606 |
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0773553606 |
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9780773553613 |
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0773553614 |
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