John Herson

Divergent Paths

Family Histories of Irish Emigrants in Britain, 1820-1920

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Produktbeschreibung

This title documents for the first time a representative sample of Irish immigrant families and uses the techniques of family and digital history to explore their long-term fate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780719090639
• ISBN-10: 0719090636
• Artikelnr.: 42372376

Autorenporträt

John Herson is former Head of History at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and a former Fellow of Liverpool University in the Institute of Irish Studies. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at LJMU

Inhaltsangabe

1. Irish emigrants and family history: a new approach 2. The context: Irish
emigration and Stafford 3. Stafford's Irish families: the overall picture
4. Pathfinders: labouring families before the Famine 5. Refugees from the
Famine 6. Labouring families in the Famine's aftermath, 1852+ 7. Lace
curtain Irish? The families of craft, clerical & service workers 8. Old
soldiers and their families 9. The Irish in the shoe trade 10. The
forgotten Irish: entrepreneurs and professionals 11. Divergent paths: the
conclusions to be drawn Bibliography Index