The American Irish : A History (Studies in Modern History)
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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.
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THE AMERICAN IRISH: A HISTORY
The story of the Irish in North America reverberates through the modern period.
As many as seven million Irish men, women and children have crossed the Atlantic for North America since 1700. Almost five million of them went to the US between 1820 and 1920 alone. This vast movement of people was of great historical significance on both sides of the Atlantic: it played a fundamental role in the shaping of modern Ireland, and it determined in mnay respects the economic, political and cultural development of the United States, where 45 million people today claim some degree of Irish ancestry.
The American Irish: A History offers an extended analysis of the conditions in Ireland that led to mass migration and examines the Irish immigrant experience in the United States in terms of patterns of settlement, labour, race, gender, politics and nationalism. The first concise, general history of the subject in a generation, it covers the entire period from 1700-2,000 and it is augmented by full illustration and textual aids.
The American Irish: A History (Studies in Modern History),Kevin Kenny,Longman,0582278171,Emigration & Immigration,Emigration and immigration,Ethnic Studies - General,History,History - General History,History - U.S.,History: American,Ireland,Irish Americans,Minority Studies - Ethnic American,Social Science,United States,United States - General,20th century,American history,British & Irish history,History / General,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Immigration & emigration,Social history,USA,c 1800 to c 1900
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