Angela McCarthy

Personal narratives of Irish and Scottish migration, 1921-65

'For spirit and adventure'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing predominantly on personal narratives, this book compares Irish and Scottish migration to North America and Australasia between 1921 and 1965.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780719073533
• ISBN-10: 0719073537
• Artikelnr.: 36126606

Autorenporträt

Angela McCarthy is RCUK Academic Fellow/Lecturer in History (Diaspora) at the University of Hull

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Methods, approaches, sources 1. Historiography and context 2.
'I'll go and find some sunshine': Considering going 3. 'A tearful goodbye':
Planning to move 4. 'Nothing but water': Getting there 5. 'The land of
opportunity': Ellis Island and New York 6. 'It just isn't home': Entering
the British World 7. 'A crony of my own type': Personal and group networks
8. 'Jigs and reels and hornpipes': Identity, culture, and belonging 9. 'The
savage loves his native shore': Going home Conclusion Appendices
Bibliography Index