The global dimensions of Irish identity : race nation, and the popular press, 1840-1880 / / Cian T. McMahon

• Autore: McMahon Cian T.
• 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
• 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: 979-88-908467-6-1; 1-4696-2012-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797358003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II