Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Link, and Letters

Houston, Cecil J.; Smyth, William J.

ISBN 10: 0802058299 / ISBN 13: 9780802058294

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1990

About this Item

xiii, 370pp., index, notes, photos, figures, maps. Light wear, with a handful of dog-ears folded back up, previous owner's name inside front. Small faint blot to bottom edge of front panel of DJ; board and interior not touched by this same event. "The authors evaluate both emigration and settlement and present as well revealing personal documents about intense, often painful experiences of the early Irish settlers. Part 1 explores the geographical links - particularly the phenomenon of chain migration - that shaped decisions to leave Ireland. Part 2 examines patterns of settlement in the new land. Part 3, with biographies of immigrants and collections of letters written home, chronicles personal and social life in the new land." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Link, and Letters
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802058299
• ISBN 13: 9780802058294
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canada
  • Britain and Ireland

About this title

Synopsis

An important book on this subject.

About the Author

Cecil J. Houston is a member of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.