Book contents
- The Americanisation of Ireland
- The Americanisation of Ireland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Charts, Maps and Tables
- Prologue: Ireland’s American Question
- 1 Beyond Emigration
- 2 Cosmopolitan Ireland, 1841–1911
- 3 America on Show, 1901–11: Profile
- 4 America on Show: People
- 5 America on Show: Special Cases
- 6 Americans in Leitrim, 1901–11: Profile
- 7 Americans in Leitrim: People
- 8 Visitors from America, 1914–25: Profile
- 9 Visitors from America: Motives
- 10 Visitors from America: Faces
- Epilogue: Questions Unanswered
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
1 - Beyond Emigration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2019
- The Americanisation of Ireland
- The Americanisation of Ireland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Charts, Maps and Tables
- Prologue: Ireland’s American Question
- 1 Beyond Emigration
- 2 Cosmopolitan Ireland, 1841–1911
- 3 America on Show, 1901–11: Profile
- 4 America on Show: People
- 5 America on Show: Special Cases
- 6 Americans in Leitrim, 1901–11: Profile
- 7 Americans in Leitrim: People
- 8 Visitors from America, 1914–25: Profile
- 9 Visitors from America: Motives
- 10 Visitors from America: Faces
- Epilogue: Questions Unanswered
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Discussion of complexities of Irish migration from the Great Famine to the First World War, qualifying crude models of irreversible long-distance emigration: evidence concerning internal, circular, and reverse migration is analysed. Published official returns for Irish reverse migration just before 1914 indicate much higher levels than generally alleged. Much of the chapter is adapted from my four contributions to A New History of Ireland, vols 4, 5. Additional information is given on transatlantic shipping, indicating growing demand for eastward passages and increasing provision by major shipping lines around 1900.
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- The Americanisation of IrelandMigration and Settlement, 1841–1925, pp. 1 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019