The slender thread
Subtitle: Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860
By: Willeen Keough.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780231132022; 9780231506939
Subjects: Irish -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History -- 18th century; Irish -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History -- 19th century; Women immigrants -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History; Working class women -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History; Sex role -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History; Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Avalon Peninsula -- History; Avalon Peninsula (N.L.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Avalon Peninsula (N.L.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Avalon Peninsula (N.L.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.