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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453867003321

Autore

Belchem John

Titolo

Irish, Catholic and Scouse [[electronic resource] ] : The History of the Liverpool Irish, 1800-1939

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-78138-679-X

1-84631-336-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

305.916209421

942.7530049162

Soggetti

Catholics

Irish

Irish - History - 19th century - Liverpool - England

Irish - History - 20th century - Liverpool - England

Catholics - Liverpool - England

Great Britain

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Liverpool (England) Social conditions History 19th century

Liverpool (England) Social conditions History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: 'A Piece Cut Off from the Old Sod Itself'; Part One: 1800-1914; 1: Poor Paddy: The Irish in the Liverpool Labour Market; 2: 'The Lowest Depth': The Spatial Dimensions of Irish Liverpool; 3: The Holy Sanctity of Poverty: Welfare, Charity and the Sacred Irish Poor; 4: Faith and Fatherland: Ethno-Sectarian Collective Mutuality; 5: Electoral Politics: Towards Home Rule; 6: Extra-Parliamentary Politics: The American Connection; 7: 'Pat-riot-ism': Sectarian Violence and Public Disorder

8: Cultural Politics: National Regeneration and Ethnic Revival9: Leisure:



Irish Recreation; Part Two: 1914-39; 10: The First World War: Free Citizens of a Free Empire?; 11: The Liverpool-Irish and the Irish Revolution; 12: Depression, Decline and Heritage Recovery; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Liverpool in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a great cultural melting pot and processing point of migration from Europe to the USA. The Irish in particular crossed to Liverpool in their tens of thousands before setting out across the Atlantic. Here for the first time acclaimed historian John Belchem offers a ground-breaking and extensive social history of the elements of the Irish diaspora that stayed in Liverpool, enriching the city's cultural mix rather than continuing on their journey. Covering the tumultuous period from the Act of Union to the supposed 'final settlement' b