MacRaild The Irish Diaspora in Britain, 1750-1939

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-137-26803-7
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Social History in Perspective

This established study focuses on the most important phase of Irish migration, providing analysis of why and how the Irish settled in Britain in such numbers. Updated and expanded, the new edition now extends the coverage to 1939 and features new chapters on gender and the Irish diaspora in a global perspective.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacRaild, Donald

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Economy, Poverty and Emigration.- Concentration and Dispersal: Irish Labour Migration to Britain.- Spiritual and Social Bonds: The Culture of Irish Catholicism.- The Protestant Irish.- Politics, Labour and Participation.- Gender and Ethnicity.- A Culture of Anti-Irishness.- The Irish in Britain and the Wider Diaspora: Comparisons and Connections.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliographical Essay.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

DONALD M. MACRAILD is Professor of History at Northumbria University, UK. He has published widely on Irish migrant history and nineteenth-century Britain and is Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Theory and History series.