ISBN:
9781107048409
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (232 p)
Paralleltitel:
Print version The Best Are Leaving : Emigration and Post-War Irish Culture
DDC:
304.809415
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is a study of representations of Irish emigrant culture and of Irish immigrants in Britain
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I Emigrants; Chapter 1 The Best Are Leaving; 'The Survival of the Unfittest'; 'The Moral Aspect of the Problem'; 'The Weakening of Our Nationality'; 'Luxurious Living and Modern Sanitation'; Chapter 2 Pink Witch; Toothpaste and Cosmetics; Toffs and the Poorer Type of Girl; 'Love and Things'; Part II Immigrants; Chapter 3 British Paddies; Ethnography and the Irish Male Immigrant; Turning a Shade Darker; Chapter 4 The Vanishing Irish
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The Deserving and the Undeserving PoorThe Bucklep; 'An Indefinably Natural Quality'; Chapter 5 Clay Is the Flesh; Afterword; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Television, Film and Radio; Newspapers, Journals and Magazines; Published Sources; Index
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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