ISBN:
0385476973
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 712 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt.
Edition:
1. ed. in the United States of America
DDC:
304.8/09415/09034
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
;
Geschichte
;
Migration
;
Civilization, Modern Irish influences
;
Irish History
;
Irish History
;
Irischer Einwanderer
;
Auswanderung
;
Irland
;
Ireland Civilization 19th century
;
Ireland Emigration and immigration 19th century
;
History
;
Englisches Sprachgebiet
;
Irland
;
Irland
;
Auswanderung
;
Englisches Sprachgebiet
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
;
Englisches Sprachgebiet
;
Irischer Einwanderer
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
Abstract:
"In the nineteenth century, Ireland lost half of its population to famine, emigration to the United States and Canada, and the forced transportation of convicts to Australia. The forebears of Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List, were victims of that tragedy, and in The Great Shame Keneally has written the full story of the Irish diaspora with the narrative grip and flair of a novel. Based on unique research among little-known sources, this book surveys eighty years of Irish history through the eyes of political prisoners - including Keneally's ancestors - who left Ireland in chains and eventually found glory, in one form or another, in Australia and America."--BOOK JACKET.
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