Personal narratives of Irish and Scottish migration, 1921-65 : 'for spirit and adventure' / Angela McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Angela, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish--North America.

Irish.

Scots--North America.

Scots.

Irish--Australasia.

Scots--Australasia.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration.

Ireland.

Scotland--Emigration and immigration.

Scotland.

North America--Emigration and immigration.

North America.

Australasia--Emigration and immigration.

Australasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Between 1921 and 1965 Irish and Scottish migrants continued to seek new homes abroad. Using the personal accounts of these migrants from letters, interviews, questionnaires, and shipboard journals, together with more traditional documentary sources such as immigration files and maritime records, this book examines the experience of migration and settlement in North America and Australasia.

Contents:

Introduction : methods, approaches, sources

1. Historiography and context

2. 'I'll go and find some sunshine' : considering going

3. 'A tearful goodbye' : organising the move

4. 'Nothing but water' : getting there

5. 'The land of opportunity' : Ellis Island and New York

6. 'It just isn't home' : entering the British World

7. 'A crony of my own type' : personal and group networks

8. 'Jigs and reels and hornpipes' : identity, culture, and belonging

9. 'The savage loves his native shore' : going home.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-2989-2

OCLC:

1085654618