ISBN:
9781108486491
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9781108707756
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 254 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fitzpatrick, David The Americanisation of Ireland
DDC:
304.8/41507309034
Keywords:
Return migration
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Americans History 19th century
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Americans History 20th century
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Ireland Emigration and immigration 20th century
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History
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United States Emigration and immigration 19th century
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History
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United States Emigration and immigration 20th century
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History
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Leitrim (Ireland : County) Population
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Ireland Emigration and immigration 19th century
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History
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Ireland Social conditions 19th century
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Ireland Social conditions 20th century
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Irland
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Amerikanisierung
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Rückwanderung
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Geschichte 1841-1925
Abstract:
Prologue: Ireland's American question -- Beyond emigration -- Cosmopolitan Ireland, 1841-1911 -- America on show, 1901-1911 : profile -- America on show : people -- America on show : special cases -- Americans in Leitrim, 1901-1911 : profile -- Americans in Leitrim : people -- Visitors from America, 1914-1925 : profile -- Visitors from America : motives -- Visitors from America : faces -- Epilogue: Questions unanswered.
Abstract:
"Irish emigration to America is one of the clichés of modern Irish history; much less familiar is the reverse process. Who were the people who chose to return to Ireland? What motivated them? And what effect did this have on Irish society? While many European countries were more or less Americanised in this period, the Irish case was unique as so many Irish families had members in America. The most powerful agency for Americanisation, therefore, was not popular culture but circumstantial knowledge and personal contact. David Fitzpatrick demonstrates the often unexpected ways in which the reverse effects of emigration remoulded Irish society, balancing ground-breaking demographic research with fascinating accounts of individual experiences to assemble a vivid picture of this changing Irish society. He explores the transformative impact of reverse migration from America to post-Famine Ireland, and offers many and surprising insights into Ireland's growing population of American-born residents"--
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