The invisible Irish : finding Protestants in the nineteenth-century migrations to America / Rankin Sherling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherling, Rankin, author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 74.

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. Series Two ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presbyterians--Ireland--History.

Presbyterians.

Presbyterians--United States--History.

Irish--United States--Religion.

Irish.

Irish--United States--History.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Québec ; London, [England] ; Chicago, [Illinois] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Summary:

An exploration of the enduring historical puzzle of the nature and scope of Irish Protestant migration.

Contents:

1 The Pursuit of Irish Protestants in America: Problems and Solutions

section one The church and the ministry: keystones in Irish Presbyterian society

2 A Government unto Itself: Conflict, Theology, and Presbyterian-ism in Ireland

3 Kirk and Clergy: "None Is Found Apart from the Other"

section two Part and parcel: clerical and general Irish Presbyterian migration, 1683-1810. 4 In the Beginning: Clerical Migration, 1683-1713

5 A Great Flood Swept over the Land: Clerical Migration, 1714-1738

6 Years of Drought: Clerical Migration, 1739-1769

7 War, Rebellion, and Departure: Clerical Migration, 1770-1810

section three Into the unknown: Irish Presbyterian migration to America in the nineteenth century. 8 Patterns in the Tea Leaves: Nineteenth-Century Irish Presbyterian Clerical Migration to the United States and What It Suggests.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2016).

ISBN:

9780773597976

0773597972

9780773597969

0773597964

OCLC:

936119865