Ireland''s Exiled Children - America and the Easter Rising

Zusatztext Schmuhl's book paints an absorbing and provocative picture of the transatlantic dimensions of the Easter Rising and should encourage other scholars to follow his lead in further scrutinising the Irish American experience of the revolutionary period at large. Informationen zum Autor Robert Schmuhl is the Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair in American Studies and Journalism and the Director of the John W. Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy at Notre Dame University. Klappentext The first focused account of America's role in, and views on, Easter 1916 and its significance in the evolution of Irish America. Zusammenfassung The first focused account of America's role in, and views on, Easter 1916 and its significance in the evolution of Irish America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronology Prologue 1. John Devoy: The Intrigue of Exile 2. Joyce Kilmer: The Adoption of Identity 3. Woodrow Wilson: The Consequences of Hypocrisy 4. Eamon de Valera: The Virtues of Ambiguity Epilogue Appendix: Joyce Kilmer, "Irish Girl Rebel Tells of Dublin Fighting, " (The New York Times Magazine, August 20, 1916) Sources and Selected Bibliography Notes Index

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• Authors: Robert Schmuhl, Robert (Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joy Schmuhl, Robert (Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair Schmuhl, Schmuhl Robert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9780190224288
• ISBN: 978-0-19-022428-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, British & Irish history, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions