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El Proyecto Macnamara : the Maverick Irish priest and the race to seize California 1844-1846 /
The story of a maverick young priest from Co Clare whose audaciou bid to colonise much of California including the San Joaquin Valley with Irish families in the 1840s precipitated the Mexican-US War. Macnamara's Mexican project could have led to the founding of a 'New Ireland', but it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Dublin, Ireland] :
Merrion,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Plates; Maps; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE; Colonisers, Missioners, Traders and Cannon; CHAPTER TWO; Expulsion and Exeat: 1814-41; CHAPTER THREE; Mission and Mayhem: 1841-44; CHAPTER FOUR; Proyecto: 1844-45; CHAPTER FIVE; President Polk Reacts:1845; CHAPTER SIX; Ration Strength, Royal Navy: 1846; CHAPTER SEVEN; Contract: 1846; CHAPTER EIGHT; Demon Macnamara: 1846-48; CHAPTER NINE; 'New Irelands': 1848-52; CHAPTER TEN; Death and Requiem: 1852; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; PLATE SECTION.