The best are leaving : emigration and post-war Irish culture /

Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is a study of representations of Irish emigrant culture and of Irish immigrants in Britain.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wills, Clair
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
Irish > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Irish > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Irlandais > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Irlandais > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
Irish.
Irish > Social conditions.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History.
Irlande > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
Great Britain.
Ireland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I Emigrants; Chapter 1 The Best Are Leaving; 'The Survival of the Unfittest'; 'The Moral Aspect of the Problem'; 'The Weakening of Our Nationality'; 'Luxurious Living and Modern Sanitation'; Chapter 2 Pink Witch; Toothpaste and Cosmetics; Toffs and the Poorer Type of Girl; 'Love and Things'; Part II Immigrants; Chapter 3 British Paddies; Ethnography and the Irish Male Immigrant; Turning a Shade Darker; Chapter 4 The Vanishing Irish.
  • The Deserving and the Undeserving PoorThe Bucklep; 'An Indefinably Natural Quality'; Chapter 5 Clay Is the Flesh; Afterword; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Television, Film and Radio; Newspapers, Journals and Magazines; Published Sources; Index.

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