Emigrants and exiles : Ireland and the Irish exodus to North America Kerby A. Miller

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Kerby A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Ireland.

Ireland--Social conditions.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

Irish--United States--History.

Irish.

Physical Description:

xii, 684 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

Summary:

Explains the reasons for the large Irish emigration, and examines the problems they faced adjusting to new lives in the United States.

Contents:

1. The making if the emigrants' Ireland. Conquest: exiles in Erin ; Change: Ireland before the Great Famine ; Continuity: the culture of exile

2. The patterns of the Irish emigration, 1607-1921. Settlers, servants, and slaves: Irish emigration before the American Revolution

Liberty, intolerance, and profit: Irish emigration, 1783-1814

From "emigrants" to "exiles": the pre-famine exodus, 1815-1844

"Revenge for Skibbereen": the Great Famine and Irish emigration, 1845-1855

The last "exiles": Ireland and post-famine emigration, 1856-1921.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-664) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Miller, Kerby A. Emigrants and exiles.

ISBN:

0195035941

9780195035940

0195051874

9780195051872

OCLC:

11814397

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