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Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan : letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815 / written & edited by Kerby A. Miller [and others].
Publisher's description: Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan is a monumental study of early Irish Protestant and Catholic immigration to America. Through exhaustive research and analysis of the migrants' letters and memoirs, the editors explore why the immigrants left Ireland, how they adapted to colonial and revolutionary America, and how their experiences and attitudes shaped society, culture and politics, and created modern Irish and Irish-American identities, in America and Ireland alike.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195348224
- ISBN: 0195348222
- ISBN: 1423707729
- ISBN: 9781423707721
- ISBN: 9780195045130
- ISBN: 0195045130
- ISBN: 9780195154894
- ISBN: 0195154894
- ISBN: 6610449597
- ISBN: 9786610449590
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 788 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2003.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-764) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Causes of Irish Emigration -- The Processes of Irish Emigration -- Farmers and Planters -- Craftsmen, Laborers, and Servants -- Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Peddlers -- Clergymen and Schoolmasters -- Irish Immigrants in Politics and War. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Sources. Biographies. History. |
