Demography, state and society : Irish migration to Britain, 1921-1971 / Enda Delaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delaney, Enda, 1971-

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two.

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Irish.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--20th century.

Ireland--Population--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 345 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Enda Delaney argues that migration to Britain was qualitatively different from that to North America and that transience was the overriding characteristic of Irish migrant experience in the twentieth century. He provides an analysis of reasons for large-scale migration, in the process answering the important question of why so many people left Ireland. Demography, State and Society focuses on a number of vital themes, many rarely mentioned in previous studies: state policy in Ireland, official responses to migration in Britain, gender dimensions, individual migrant experience, patterns of settlement in Britain, and the crucial phenomenon of return migration. It offers much that will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers in Irish migration as well as those in the wider fields of modern British and Irish history and migration studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Figures

Acknowledgements

Glossary of Irish terms

Abbreviations

Introduction

Perspectives on Irish migration

The interwar years, 1921-1939

Enter the state, 1940-1946

Postwar exodus, 1947-1957

Migration and return, 1958-1971

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-6936-7

OCLC:

243614098