American Irish: A History / Edition 1

by Kevin Kenny

Overview

More than 45 million Americans today can claim some degree of Irish ancestry. Kevin Kenny covers the period of 1700 - 2000 when more than seven million Irish men, women and children migrated to the USA and examines the concentrated mass migration of five million which occurred between 1820 - 1920. This vast movement of people played a significant role in the shaping of modern Ireland and America. . Offers an extended analysis of the conditions in Ireland which led to the mass migration, as well as, the effects in the economic, political and cultural development in the United states. Those interested in the Irish American population and their history. Also available in Hardcover 0-582-27818-X.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900582278171
Publication date:	07/03/2000
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Eighteenth Century.
Ulster.
Emigration.
Arrival and Settlement.
Religion and Politics.
The Scotch-Irish in 1790 and After.

2. Before the Famine.
Economy and Society in Rural Ireland.
Emigration, Arrival and Settlement.
Labor and Race.
Religion.
Nativism and Abolitionism.

3. The Famine Generation.
An Gorta Mor.
Emigration.
Arrival, Settlement and Labor.
Religion, Nativism and Politics.
Being Irish in America.

4. After the Famine.
Economy and Society in Rural Ireland.
Arrival and Settlement.
Labor and Gender.
Nativism and Politics.
Religion.
Nationalism.

5. Irish America, 1900-1940.
The Irish in Ireland and America.
Labor.
Alcohol and Culture.
Nationalism.
Religion.
Municipal Politics.
National Politics.

6. Irish in America Since World War II.
Prosperity.
The Irish-American Community.
Religion.
Municipal Politics.
National Politics.
Nationalism, I.
Nationalism, II.

Editorial Reviews

'a lucid synthesis of the work of countless scholars … truly superb …'Katherine Powers, Boston Sunday Globe 'a balanced and reliable foundation for undergraduate courses in Irish Studies.'David Fitzpatrick, Times Literary Supplement    'One of the book’s strengths is that ...it is still accessible to the general reader...a very valuable work indeed.' Brian Hanley, Trinity College Dublin, History Ireland      'Kenny...has produced an intelligent and well-written book.'Lawrence McCaffrey, Irish Literary Supplement 'an important contribution, offering a compelling narrative for the specialist and general reader alike, as well as being a must for students...points the way forward for American Irish history.'Donald M MacRaild, History-Reviews in History ' an invaluable teaching aid...it is such a comprehensive survey of existing scholarship that it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of current research about Irish America and the Irish diaspora...essential reading'Mary J. Hickman, University of North London, Irish Studies Review '...an ambitious compendium of the ever growing literature on the history of the Irish in America...a must read for all those with an interest in that history' Journal of American Ethnic History

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