Divergent Paths - Family Histories of Irish Emigrants in Britain, 1820-1920

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext This book is unique in adopting a family history approach to Irish immigrants in nineteenth century Britain. It shows that the family was central to the migrants' lives and identities. The techniques of family and digital history are used for the first time to reveal the paths followed by a representative body of Irish immigrant families, using the town of Stafford in the West Midlands as a case study.The book contains vital evidence about the lives of ordinary families. In the long term many intermarried with the local population, but others moved away and some simply died out. The book investigates what forces determined the paths they followed and why their ultimate fates were so varied. A fascinating picture is revealed of family life and gender relations in nineteenth-century England which will appeal to scholars of Irish history, social history, genealogy and the history of the family. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Irish emigrants and family history: a new approach2. The context: Irish emigration and Stafford3. Stafford's Irish families: the overall picture4. Pathfinders: labouring families before the Famine5. Refugees from the Famine6. Labouring families in the Famine's aftermath, 1852+7. Lace curtain Irish? The families of craft, clerical & service workers8. Old soldiers and their families9. The Irish in the shoe trade10. The forgotten Irish: entrepreneurs and professionals11. Divergent paths: the conclusions to be drawn Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: John Herson, Herson John
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9780719090639
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9063-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples