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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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Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina: | 941.5081 |
Soggetto topico: | Group identity - Ireland |
National characteristics, Irish | |
Soggetto geografico: | Ireland Civilization 19th century |
Ireland History 19th century | |
Ireland Emigration and immigration | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The global dimensions of Irish identity ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4696-2012-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910460385103321 |
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