Irish in Post-War Britain

This fascinating portrait reconstructs, with both empathy and imagination, the lives of the generation who left Ireland in huge numbers to work in Britain during the 1940s and 1950s.

About the author

Enda Delaney is Associate Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Summary

This fascinating portrait reconstructs, with both empathy and imagination, the lives of the generation who left Ireland in huge numbers to work in Britain during the 1940s and 1950s.

Additional text

excellent book ... a very accessible and readable text suitable for a wide range of courses that address multicultural Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Enda Delaney, Enda (Lecturer in British and Irish Histo Delaney, Enda (Lecturer in British and Irish History Delaney, Delaney Enda
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9780199686070
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968607-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Ireland, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples