Demography, State and Society by Enda Delaney
Between the foundation of the new Irish state in 192122 and the early 1970s approximately one-and-a-half million people left independent Ireland, the vast majority travelling to Britain.
This substantive study of Irish migration to Britain during the middle decades of the twentieth century succeeds in filling an important gap in the Irish experience…Delaney has produced an indispensable contribution to the ongoing debate in Irish diaspora studies* History *
Exhaustive, well written, thoroughly researched, and wider-ranging than might be inferred from the title… * International History Review *
…this is excellent comparative British and Irish history as well as a major contribution to migration studies. The depth of scholarship and the range of sources make this quite the best book on the subject: it is certainly the best history of Irish migration to twentieth-century Britain * Irish Studies Review *
A sophisticated analysis…likely to remain the standard work in the field for years to come. * Twentieth Century British History *
An elegantly written and engaging historical overview, which makes an excellent contribution to the growing scholarship on the Irish diaspora. * International Migration Review *
Not only is it essential reading for the specialist, but it will be of interest to anyone with a general regard for Irish history. * Irish Economic and Social History *
A scholarly and timely study of the great wave of emigration from Ireland during the first fifty years after independence. * Irish Political Studies *
A valuable addition to the literature on Irish emigration. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
This splendid book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the phenomenon of Irish migration to Britain since the birth of the Irish Free State in 1921…This book is recommended, unreservedly, to all interested in Irish emigration history. * Labour/Le Travail *
Exhaustive, well written, thoroughly researched, and wider-ranging than might be inferred from the title… * International History Review *
…this is excellent comparative British and Irish history as well as a major contribution to migration studies. The depth of scholarship and the range of sources make this quite the best book on the subject: it is certainly the best history of Irish migration to twentieth-century Britain * Irish Studies Review *
A sophisticated analysis…likely to remain the standard work in the field for years to come. * Twentieth Century British History *
An elegantly written and engaging historical overview, which makes an excellent contribution to the growing scholarship on the Irish diaspora. * International Migration Review *
Not only is it essential reading for the specialist, but it will be of interest to anyone with a general regard for Irish history. * Irish Economic and Social History *
A scholarly and timely study of the great wave of emigration from Ireland during the first fifty years after independence. * Irish Political Studies *
A valuable addition to the literature on Irish emigration. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
This splendid book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the phenomenon of Irish migration to Britain since the birth of the Irish Free State in 1921…This book is recommended, unreservedly, to all interested in Irish emigration history. * Labour/Le Travail *
Enda Delaney is Reader in Modern History at the University of Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780853237457 |
| ISBN 10 | 085323745X |
| Title | Demography, State and Society |
| Author | Enda Delaney |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2000-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
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