Irish Migrants in New Communities - Seeking the Fair Land?

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Mícheál Ó hAodha and Máirtín Ó Catháin - Contributions by Noémie Beck; Malcolm Campbell; Bridget Connelly; Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin; Tara Manning; Gerard Moran; Kate O'Malley; James B. Swan; Patricia B. Swan; Jay Tunney; James Patrick Walsh and Lac Klappentext Irish Migrants in New Communities: Seeking the Fair Land? examines the interactions of Irish migrants and the new societies and experiences that opened up to them through the process of emigration and exile. The contributors' chapters focus on oral history perspectives to examine the adaptation of the migrants to these new environments and cultures and to chronicle the experience of "Irishness" outside of Ireland itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Fitting inChapter 1- Tribal Kings and Tattooed Chiefs: The Hidden Irish of the Pacific World Malcolm CampbellChapter 2- Legends of the Graceville ConamarasBridget ConnellyChapter 3- 'Je ne suis jamais allé en Irlande': An Irish Journey to La Beauce, Quebec Noémie Beck and Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráinChapter 4- 'Nobody's baby': Forgotten Irish nationals in post-independence India Kate O'MalleyChapter 5- Sisters in the field: The courageous journey of the pioneering Loreto sisters to India and CanadaTara ManningChapter 6- Irish Soldiers in the American Civil War Patricia B. Swan and James B. SwanPart 2: Shaping upChapter 7- The Irish Wellspring Jay TunneyChapter 8- 'From Poverty to Posterity': Assisted Emigration from Connemara in the 1880s Gerard MoranChapter 9- Michael Mooney and the Leadville Miners' Strike of 1880 James Patrick Walsh Chapter 10- 'I Wish I Was Back Home in Derry': Songs Composed in the H Blocks and the Paradox of ExileLachlan Whalen

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Micheal O Cathain O Haodha
• Con la collaborazione di: Mairtin O Cathain (Editore), Máirtín Ó Catháin (Editore), Micheal O Haodha (Editore), Mícheál Ó Haodha (Editore), Mairtin O. Cathain (Editore), Micheal O. Haodha (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.2014
• EAN: 9780739173824
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7382-4
• Pagine: 172
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Social groups, Ireland, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human Geography, Population and migration geography, Social groups, communities and identities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, European Studies;Irish Emigration