Personal narratives of Irish and Scottish migration, 1921-65 : 'For spirit and adventure' /

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Between 1921 and 1965 Irish and Scottish migrants continued to seek new homes abroad. Using the personal accounts of these migrants from letters, interviews, questionnaires, and shipboard journals, together with more traditional documentary sources such as immigration files and maritime records, thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCarthy, Angela, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Group identity.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Irish > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Scots > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Scotland > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : methods, approaches, sources
  • 1. Historiography and context
  • 2. 'I'll go and find some sunshine' : considering going
  • 3. 'A tearful goodbye' : organising the move
  • 4. 'Nothing but water' : getting there
  • 5. 'The land of opportunity' : Ellis Island and New York
  • 6. 'It just isn't home' : entering the British World
  • 7. 'A crony of my own type' : personal and group networks
  • 8. 'Jigs and reels and hornpipes' : identity, culture, and belonging
  • 9. 'The savage loves his native shore' : going home.

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