Divergent paths Family histories of Irish emigrants in Britain, 1820–1920 /
Herson, John,author.
This title documents for the first time a representative sample of Irish immigrant families and uses the techniques of family and digital history to explore their long-term fate.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
Irish emigrants and family history: a new approach -- The context: Irish emigration and Stafford -- Stafford's Irish families: the overall picture -- Pathfinders: labouring families before the Famine -- Refugees from the Famine -- Labouring families in the Famine's aftermath, 1852 onwards -- Lace curtain Irish? The families of craft, clerical and service workers -- Old soldiers and their families -- The Irish in the shoe trade -- The forgotten Irish: entrepreneurs and professionals -- Divergent paths: the conclusions to be drawn.
This title documents for the first time a representative sample of Irish immigrant families and uses the techniques of family and digital history to explore their long-term fate.
Description based on print version record.
Irish
Irish.
Immigrant families.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrant families
Irish
Irish