The Irish in the New Communities
Patrick O'Sullivan(Editor)
Leicester University Press
Published on 1. November 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-7185-0116-7 (ISBN)
Description
Offering a series of linked case studies and theoretical chapters to continue the exploration of major themes within Irish migration studies, this volume examines the migrant Irish relationship with the great cities of Britain and America. Further chapters catalogue sacrifice, loss and hope, analyzing the linked themes of work, professional migration, identity, language and psychological distress. The final chapters outlines the past and worldwide future of Irish studies.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
4 maps and figures
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7185-0116-7 (9780718501167)
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Content
Introduction - the Irish in the new communities; the myth and reality of Irish migrants in mid-19th century Manchester - a preliminary study; the historiography of the Irish in 19th-century Britain; faction fights - the Irish worlds of Butte, Montana, 1875-1917; the historiography of the Irish in the United States; "No petty people" - the Anglo-Irish identity in colonial Australia; "I gcuntas De muin Bearla do na leanbhain" - eisimirce agus an Ghaeilge sa naou aois deag / "For God's sake teach the children English" - emigration and the Irish language in the 19th century; Australia felix - Irish doctors in 19th-century Victoria; "We can't all live on a small island" - the political economy of Irish migration; white skins, white masks - psychological distress among the Irish in Britain; Irish studies - a historical survey across the Irish diaspora.