| Emigrants and Exiles Revised Edition Contributor(s): Miller, Kerby A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195051874 ISBN-13: 9780195051872 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1988 Annotation: The most important book on Irish emigration to appear in a generation...destined to be the monument by which all others are measured..... It has the sinew of scholarship, the strength of extended argument and the intimacy of a correspondence with long lost relatives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Europe - Ireland - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 325.415 |
| Series: Oxford Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.01" W x 9.02" (1.98 lbs) 704 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rich in human detail, penetrating in analysis, this book is social history on an epic scale. The first transatlantic history of the Irish, Emigrants and Exiles offers the fullest account yet of the diverse waves of Irish emigration to North America. Drawing on enormous original research, Miller focuses on the thought and behavior of the ordinary Irish emigrants, as revealed in their personal letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs as well as in their songs, poems and folklore. Miller shows that the exile mentality was deeply rooted in Irish history, culture and personality, and it profoundly affected both the traumatic course of modern Irish history and the Irish experience in America. |