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Autore |
McMahon Cian T. |
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Titolo |
The global dimensions of Irish identity : race nation, and the popular press, 1840-1880 / / Cian T. McMahon |
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Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908467-6-1 |
1-4696-2012-X |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Group identity - Ireland |
National characteristics, Irish |
Ireland Civilization 19th century |
Ireland History 19th century |
Ireland Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments -- Note on text -- Introduction -- L'esprit et les lois : Celts and Saxons in Ireland, 1840-1848 -- A lone, lone spot in the far southern seas : the Irish race in Australia, 1848-1855 -- Battling the Anglo-Saxon myth : Irish identity in the antebellum United States, 1848-1861 -- Scarce a battlefield from the north pole to the south : Irish Celts in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 -- American by nationality yet Irish by race : citizenship in the wake of the civil war, 1865-1880 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Though Ireland is a relatively small island on the northeastern fringe of the Atlantic, 70 million people worldwide - including some 45 million in the US - claim it as their ancestral home. Cian T. McMahon explores the 19th-century roots of this transnational identity. |
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