| The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America Contributor(s): Gribben, Arthur (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1558491732 ISBN-13: 9781558491731 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: Between 1845 and 1855, nearly 1.5 million Irish women, men, and children sailed to America to escape the Great Famine, triggered by successive years of potato blight. The famine and resulting emigration had a profound impact not only on the history of Ireland, but on that of England and North America as well. This volume of original essays commemorates the 150th anniversary of these epochal events and sheds new light on both the consequences of the famine and the experience of the Irish in America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 941.508 |
| LCCN: 98-08432 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (0.92 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Ireland - Ethnic Orientation - Irish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1845 and 1855, nearly 1.5 million Irish women, men, and children sailed to America to escape the Great Famine, triggered by successive years of potato blight. The famine and resulting emigration had a profound impact not only on the history of Ireland, but on that of England and North America as well. This volume of original essays commemorates the 150th anniversary of these epochal events and sheds new light on both the consequences of the famine and experience of the Irish in America. |