Under the Starry Flag : How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship /

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In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this grippin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salyer, Lucy E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century.
Expatriation > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Expatriation > United States > History > 19th century.
Fenians.
Irish Americans > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
Charles Francis Adams.
Charles Sumner.
Erin's Hope.
Fenian Brotherhood.
Frances Lieber.
Johann Bluntschli.
John Warren.
Nathaniel Banks.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
naturalization.
right of expatriation.
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Sumario:In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this gripping tale, a prelude to today's immigration battles.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (338 p.)
ISBN:9780674989214
9783110606621
Acceso:restricted access

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