The end of hidden Ireland [electronic resource] : rebellion, famine, and emigration /
Scally, Robert James.
text
Electronic books.
New York : Oxford University Press,
1995.
eng
Traces the emigration of an entire Irish village at the time of the Great Famine from their home, through Liverpool, to America. The author's textured analysis of Irish society "from the bottom up" stresses changing mentalities and the hidden pressures of famine.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Introduction; 1. The Townland; 2. The Land System; 3. Land and Society around Strokestown; 4 Ballykilcline: Deputies and Defendants; 5. "Rebellion" in Ballykilcline, 1836-1847; 6. Eviction; 7. Knowledge and Isolation; 8. The Way Out; 9. Liverpool and the Celtic Sea; 10. The Crossing: "Just Over a River"; Epilogue: Identity and Emigration; Notes; Index.
Traces the emigration of an entire Irish village at the time of the Great Famine from their home, through Liverpool, to America. The author's textured analysis of Irish society "from the bottom up" stresses changing mentalities and the hidden pressures of famine.
Country life
Villages
Famines
HISTORY.
Vie rurale
Villages
Famines
Emigranten.
Hongersnood.
L�andlicher Raum.
Hungersnot.
Auswanderung.
Geschichte 1847-1848.
Irischer Einwanderer.
Social conditions History, 1846-1914
Roscommon (Ireland : County)
End of hidden Ireland.
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