Divergent paths : Family histories of Irish emigrants in Britain, 1820-1920 /

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This book is unique in adopting a family history approach to Irish immigrants in nineteenth century Britain. It shows that the family was central to the migrants' lives and identities. The techniques of family and digital history are used for the first time to reveal the paths followed by a rep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herson, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Irish > Social conditions.
Irish.
Immigrant families.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Migration, Immigration & Emigration.
Family & Relationships.
British & Irish History.
Familles immigrantes > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Irlandais > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Irlandais > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Immigrant families > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Irish > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Irish > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Ireland.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Irish emigrants and family history: a new approach
  • The context: Irish emigration and Stafford
  • Stafford's Irish families: the overall picture
  • Pathfinders: labouring families before the Famine
  • Refugees from the Famine
  • Labouring families in the Famine's aftermath, 1852 onwards
  • Lace curtain Irish? The families of craft, clerical and service workers
  • Old soldiers and their families
  • The Irish in the shoe trade
  • The forgotten Irish: entrepreneurs and professionals
  • Divergent paths: the conclusions to be drawn.

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