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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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.
Product details

Published | Nov 24 2010 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 2nd |
Extent | 288 |
ISBN | 9781137268037 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Series | Social History in Perspective |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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