IRISH IDENTITIES IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN by Roger Swift (Editor), Sheridan Gilley (Editor) ( 9781317965558 )

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Title:

IRISH IDENTITIES IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN

By:

Roger Swift (Editor), Sheridan Gilley (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1317965558

ISBN 13:

9781317965558

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

31 October, 2013

Pages:

218

Synopsis:

Recent studies of the experiences of Irish migrants in Victorian Britain have emphasized the significance of the themes of change, continuity, resistance and accommodation in the creation of a rich and diverse migrant culture within which a variety of Irish identities co-existed and sometimes competed.In contributing to this burgeoning historiography, this book explores and analyses the complexities surrounding the self-identity of the Irish in Victorian Britain, which differed not only from place to place and from one generation to another but which were also variously shaped by issues of class and gender, and politics and religion. Moreover, and given the tendency for Irish ethnicity to mutate, through a comparative study of the Irish in Britain and the United States, the book suggests that in order to preserve their Irishness, the Irish often had to change it.Written by some of the foremost scholars in the field, these original essays not only shed new light on the history of the Irish in Britain but are also integral to the broader study of the Irish Diaspora and of immigrants and minorities in multicultural societies. This book was previously published as a special issue of Immigrants and Minorities.

Illustrations:

10 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Tables, black and white

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Non-returnable

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