The Irish Diaspora in Britain, 1750-1939 - Paperback

by Donald Macraild (Author)

This established study focuses on the most important phase of Irish migration, providing analysis of why and how the Irish settled in Britain in such numbers. Updated and expanded, the new edition now extends the coverage to 1939 and features new chapters on gender and the Irish diaspora in a global perspective.

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Until the 1950s, the Irish were by far the largest ethnic minority in Britain. This leading study focuses on the most important phase of Irish migration, providing an analytical discussion of why and how the Irish settled in such numbers.

The Irish Diaspora in Britain, 1750-1939, second edition:
- examines key aspects of the social, religious and political worlds of these migrants
- explores both Catholic and Protestant immigrants
- explains why they were so often the victims of native hostility
- adopts a truly Britain-wide approach
- draws upon the latest research and a wide range of printed primary sources.

Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded, the new edition of this essential text broadens the analysis to 1939 and now features additional chapters on gender and the Irish diaspora in transnational perspective.

Author Biography

DONALD M. MACRAILD is Professor of History at Northumbria University, UK. He has published widely on Irish migrant history and nineteenth-century Britain and is Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Theory and History series.
DONALD M. MACRAILD is Professor of History at Northumbria University, UK. He has published widely on Irish migrant history and nineteenth-century Britain and is Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Theory and History series.