Irish London during The Troubles /
The myth of return was sacred to the majority of the Irish who left the 'ould sod' to work in post-war Britain. Generally this dream was left unfulfilled, and several English cities became their permanent homes, leaving them as the largest 'ethnic minority' in Britain. This acces...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland ; Portland, OR :
Irish Academic Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prelims; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE 'Happier amongst your own': The Settled Irish Community; CHAPTER TWO 'A Besieged community'? The Troubles and Irish London; CHAPTER THREE 'How can you be Irish with an accent like that?' The Second-Generation in London; CHAPTER FOUR Epilogue The 1980s: The Community Comes of Age; Plate Section; Appendix Biographies of Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index.