num_pages: 684
description: Rich in human detail, penetrating in analysis, this book is social history on an epic scale. The first "transatlantic" history of the Irish, Emigrants and Exiles offers the fullest account yet of the diverse waves of Irish emigration to North America.Drawing on enormous original research, Miller focuses on the thought and behavior of the "ordinary" Irish emigrants, as revealed in their personal letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs as well as in their songs, poems and folklore. Miller shows that the exile mentality was deeply rooted in Irish history, culture and personality, and it profoundly affected both the traumatic course of modern Irish history and the Irish experience in America.
language: English
title: Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America
titlecomplete: Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America
genres: Ireland, Irish Literature, History, American History, 19th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 109
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Merle Curti Award
publisher: Oxford University Press