The Americanisation of Ireland: Migration and Settlement, 1841-1925

ISBN-13: 9781108486491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 270 str.

David Fitzpatrick

Opis

This rigorous and accessible study explores the transformative impact of reverse migration from America to post-Famine Ireland. Using Irish census schedules and American passport applications to assemble a vivid picture of a changing Irish society, this book offers surprising insights into Ireland's growing population of American-born residents.

Recenzje

'Migration historians will have much to ponder as they delve into Fitzpatrick's data. It is as impressive as it is illustrative. But they will not be the only ones. Fitzpatrick has also unearthed an important set of issues that he has engaged in his previous work and that rising generations of scholars would be wise to revisit in light of his data-driven story of return migration.' Patrick Griffin, Journal of British Studies

Spis treści

Prologue; Ireland's American question; 1. Beyond emigration; 2. Cosmopolitan Ireland, 1841–1911; 3. America on show, 1901–1911: profile; 4. America on show: people; 5. America on show: special cases; 6. Americans in Leitrim, 1901–1911: profile; 7. Americans in Leitrim: people; 8. Visitors from America, 1914–1925: profile; 9. Visitors from America: motives; 10. Visitors from America: faces; Epilogue; Questions unanswered.