The American Irish by Kevin Kenny
Provides a synthesis of Irish-American history starting from the beginnings of emigration in the early eighteenth century. This work incorporates the Ulster Protestant emigration of the eighteenth century and includes coverage of the twentieth century. It offers an analysis of the conditions in Ireland that led to mass migration.-
Sweet Land of Liberty?
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Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500
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Imperial Meridian
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Ireland since 1800
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Britannia Overruled
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Pax Britannica?
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Black Leadership in America
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Loyalty and Identity
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Politics under the Later Stuarts
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Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries
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France in the Age of Henri IV
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The East India Company , The
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White Society in the Antebellum South
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The Atterbury Plot
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Liberty and Order in Early Modern Europe
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Tudor Parliaments,The Crown,Lords and Commons,1485-1603
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Victorian Radicalism
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The Men of No Property
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Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England 1558-1689
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British in the Americas 1480-1815, The
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The British Working Class 1832-1940
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The Politics of Samuel Johnson
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Vindiciae Gallicae
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Church, Chapel and Party
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Landscape, Literature and English Religious Culture, 1660-1800
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Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London 1880-1914
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A War of Religion
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The Organization of Opinion
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The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759
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Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History
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Defining a British State
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Political Economy and Christian Theology Since the Enlightenment
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Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000
"a lucid synthesis of the work of countless scholars truly superb "Katherine Powers, Boston Sunday Globe "a balanced and reliable foundation for undergraduate courses in Irish Studies"David Fitzpatrick, Times Literary Supplement "One of the books strengths is that ...it is still accessible to the general reader...a very valuable work indeed." Brian Hanley, Trinity College Dublin, History Ireland "Kenny...has produced an intelligent and well-written book."Lawrence McCaffrey, Irish Literary Supplement "an important contribution, offering a compelling narrative for the specialist and general reader alike, as well as being a must for students...points the way forward for American Irish history."Donald M MacRaild, History-Reviews in History " an invaluable teaching aid...it is such a comprehensive survey of existing scholarship that it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of current research about Irish America and the Irish diaspora...essential reading"Mary J. Hickman, University of North London, Irish Studies Review "...an ambitious compendium of the ever growing literature on the history of the Irish in America...a must read for all those with an interest in that history' Journal of American Ethnic History
Kevin Kenny is a history professor at Boston College who specializes in Atlantic migration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Making Sense of the Molly Maguires and The American Irish: A History are his books, and he is also the editor of Ireland and the British Empire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582278172 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582278171 |
| Title | The American Irish |
| Author | Kevin Kenny |
| Series | Studies In Modern History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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