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The Fenians : Irish Rebellion in the North Atlantic World, 1858-1876 /

Aspirations of social mobility and anti-Catholic discrimination were the lifeblood of subversive opposition to British rule in Ireland during the mid-nineteenth century. Refugees of the Great Famine who congregated in ethnic enclaves in North America and the United Kingdom supported the militant Fen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steward, Patrick
Other Authors: McGovern, Bryan P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The foundations of Fenianism
  • The fighting Irish
  • Green Americans
  • Fenian renaissance
  • Fenian fizzle
  • "No event of any importance"
  • Fenianism on the defensive
  • Last hurrahs.