Divergent Paths - Family Histories of Irish Emigrants in Britain, 18201920

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 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.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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781526107268
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0726-8
• 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