02814nam 2200649 450 991079735800332120200520144314.0979-88-908467-6-11-4696-2012-X(CKB)3710000000446037(EBL)3571145(SSID)ssj0001577207(PQKBManifestationID)16247785(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001577207(PQKBWorkID)12244291(PQKB)11543456(StDuBDS)EDZ0001284132(OCoLC)913828454(MdBmJHUP)muse46530(Au-PeEL)EBL3571145(CaPaEBR)ebr11077510(CaONFJC)MIL930552(MiAaPQ)EBC3571145(EXLCZ)99371000000044603720150723h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe global dimensions of Irish identity race nation, and the popular press, 1840-1880 /Cian T. McMahonFirst edition.Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] :The University of North Carolina Press,2015.©20151 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2010-3 1-4696-2011-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Group identityIrelandNational characteristics, IrishIrelandCivilization19th centuryIrelandHistory19th centuryIrelandEmigration and immigrationGroup identityNational characteristics, Irish.941.5081McMahon Cian T.1553729MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797358003321The global dimensions of Irish identity3814482UNINA