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  • © 1999

Irish Migrants in Modern Britain, 1750–1922

Authors:

  1. Donald M. MacRaild
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  • The first major study of this crucial wave of migration into Britain
    Breaks away from faminecentred perspectives

Part of the book series: Social History in Perspective (SHP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 1-8

  3. Economy, Poverty and Emigration

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 9-41

  6. The Protestant Irish

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 100-122

  7. Politics, Labour and Participation

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 123-154

  8. A Culture of Anti-Irishness

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 155-184

  9. Conclusion

    • Donald M. MacRaild
    Pages 185-188

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 189-230
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About this book

Until the advent of 'New Commonwealth' migration in the 1950s, the Irish were by far the largest ethnic minority in Britain. This study focuses on the most important phase of Irish migration, providing an analytical discussion of why and how the Irish settled in such numbers. It examines key aspects of the social, religious and political worlds of these migrants and explains why they were so often the victims of native hostility. The book avoids the 'famine-centred' and 'big-city' focus of so many studies and demonstrates the long-run chronology and wide-ranging geography of this important migration.
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About the author

DONALD M. MACRAILD is Lecturer in History at the University of Sunderland.
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