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

• Autore: Belchem John
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.916209421; 942.7530049162
• Soggetto topico: Catholics; Irish; Irish - History - 19th century - Liverpool - England; Irish - History - 20th century - Liverpool - England; Catholics - Liverpool - England; Great Britain; Regions & Countries - Europe; History & Archaeology
• Soggetto geografico: Liverpool (England) Social conditions History 19th century; Liverpool (England) Social conditions History 20th century
• 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: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Irish, Catholic and Scouse
• ISBN: 1-78138-679-X; 1-84631-336-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453867003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II