Language: English
Published by Leicester University Press, Leicester, London and New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 071851422X ISBN 13: 9780718514228
Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Black Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foundation work in the Irish World Wide Series, exploring the importance of family, friends, work and community in establishing migration patterns, with case studies of individuals and groups. 231pp with index, illustrated with black and white maps and diagrams. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to spine and tiny amount of spotting to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions, Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise very good in clear protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Leicester London and New York: Leicester University Press, 1992
Seller: Sillan Books, Cootehill, CAVAN, Ireland
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. pp231. Illustrated with maps. Mint in similar dustwrapper. Contents: "Like crickets to the crevice of a Brew-house". Poor Irish migrants in England, 1560-1640. Wild Geese. The Irish in Europaen armies (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). Irish migration to Argentina. The Murphys and Breens of the overland parties to California, 1844-1846. Irish hooligans -Ned Kelly (Australia and William Donnelly (Canada) in comparative perspective. A "bigger, better and busier Boston". The Pursuit of Irish political legitimacy in America: the Boston Irish, 1890-1920. The Irish Childhood and youth of a Canadian capitalist. Friendship patterns and social networks among post-war Irish migrants in Sydney. Gratuate emigration. A continuation or a break with the past? "And they still haven't found what they are looking for"- a Survey of the New Irish in New York City. The Irish World Wide History, Heritage, Identity.
Published by Leicester University Press, London, 1997
Seller: Bij tij en ontij ..., Kloosterburen, NL, Netherlands
Paperback, 23 cm, ca. 700 p. Three volumes in one buy. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 0718501187.