Under the Starry Flag - How a Band of Irish Americans Joined Fenian Revolt Sparked a Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Lucy E. Salyer is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire and author of Laws Harsh as Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law , which won the Theodore Saloutos Book Award for the best book on immigration history. A former Constance E. Smith Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Salyer has received the Arthur K. Whitcomb Professorship for teaching excellence, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Klappentext In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this gripping tale, a prelude to today¿s immigration battles.

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• Authors: Lucy E Salyer, Lucy E. Salyer, Salyer Lucy E.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780674057630
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05763-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Internationale Beziehungen, USA, Irland, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft, European History, USA: Bügerkrieg und Wiederaufbau (1861 bis 1877 n. Chr.), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LAW / International, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, History and Archaeology, Specific wars and campaigns, Civics and citizenship, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War