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America in Ireland : culture and society, 1841-1925 / edited by Fionnuala Walsh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Return migration--Ireland.
- Return migration.
- Americans--Ireland--History--19th century.
- Americans.
- Americans--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Ireland--Social conditions--19th century.
- Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- While the impacts of Irish emigration to America following the Great Famine of 1845-1852 have been well studied, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to the effects of reverse migration on Irish culture, society, and politics. Inspired by the work of historian David P. B. Fitzpatrick (1948-2019) and forming a companion to his final published work The Americanisation of Ireland: Migration and Settlement 1841-1925 (Cambridge, 2019), this volume explores the influence of America in shaping Ireland's modernisation and globalisation. The essays use the concept of Americanisation to explore interdisciplinary themes of material culture, marketing, religion, politics, literature, cinema, music, and folklore. America in Ireland reveals a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Irish society that was more cosmopolitan than previously assumed, in which 'Returned Yanks' brought home new-fangled notions of behaviour and activities and introduced their families to American products, culture and speech. In doing so, this book demonstrates the value of a transnational and global perspective for understanding Ireland's history.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9781009376860
- 1009376861
- 9781009376891
- 1009376896
- 9781009376884
- 1009376888
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