Author: Jackson, J. A. (John Archer)
Title: The Irish in Britain
Description: London Cleveland: Routledge and Paul; Press of Western Reserve University 1963. 1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi. 208 pages illustrations. maps. diagram. tables 23 cm. Contents: The Irish exodus -- emigration from Ireland overseas and to the rest of Great Britain -- The road to migration -- the pattern and background of Ireland and the causes of emigration -- Plague. pestilence and poverty; social factors of settlement in Britain -- Nineteenth-century toilers; occupations of the Irish immigrant since 1800 -- The Irish in the labour market; occupations of the immigrant since 1939 -- Settlement and consolidation -- politics and the labour movement. social status and institutional development -- The Catholic church -- the relationship of a central institution to the immigrant community -- Attitudes and anxieties; the problem of prejudice and the problem of identity. Subjects: Irish Great Britain. Immigrants Great Britain. Irish emigration and immigration. Irish Great Britain History 20th century. Irish Great Britain History 19th century. Emigration and immigration. Great Britain Social life and customs. Great Britain Emigration and immigration. Genre: History. Illustrated.

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