Lucille H. Campey

eBook, ePUB

Atlantic Canada's Irish Immigrants (eBook, ePUB)

A Fish and Timber Story

Beschreibung

• First in a trilogy on Irish immigration to Canada
• Debunks the popular opinion that the potato famine was the formative event in Irish settlement in North America
• A definitive study, which includes all known passenger lists from the period
• Extensively illustrated, with numerous maps revealing Irish settlement patterns
• Author is an expert in early British immigration to Canada, and has written eleven books on the subject

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• ohne Kopierschutz

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Lucille H. Campey was born in Ottawa. A professional researcher and historian, she has a master's degree in medieval history from Leeds University and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University in emigration history. She is the author of fourteen books on early Scottish, English, and Irish emigration to Canada. She was the recipient of the 2016 Prix du Québec for her work researching Irish emigration to Canada. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459730250
• Artikelnr.: 45575813