Irish Identities in Victorian Britain

ISBN 10: 0415582865 / ISBN 13: 9780415582865

Published by Routledge, 2010

About this Item

Explores the complexities surrounding the self-identity of the Irish in Victorian Britain. This book sheds light on the history of the Irish in Britain, and also on the study of the Irish Diaspora and of immigrants and minorities in multicultural societies. Editor(s): Swift, Mr. Roger; Gilley, Sheridan. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white tables, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Irish Identities in Victorian Britain
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415582865
• ISBN 13: 9780415582865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Recent studies of the experiences of Irish migrants in Victorian Britain have emphasized the significance of the themes of change, continuity, resistance and accommodation in the creation of a rich and diverse migrant culture within which a variety of Irish identities co-existed and sometimes competed.

In contributing to this burgeoning historiography, this book explores and analyses the complexities surrounding the self-identity of the Irish in Victorian Britain, which differed not only from place to place and from one generation to another but which were also variously shaped by issues of class and gender, and politics and religion. Moreover, and given the tendency for Irish ethnicity to mutate, through a comparative study of the Irish in Britain and the United States, the book suggests that in order to preserve their Irishness, the Irish often had to change it.

Written by some of the foremost scholars in the field, these original essays not only shed new light on the history of the Irish in Britain but are also integral to the broader study of the Irish Diaspora and of immigrants and minorities in multicultural societies.

This book was previously published as a special issue of Immigrants and Minorities.

About the Author

Roger Swift is Emeritus Professor of Victorian Studies at the University of Chester, UK.

Sheridan Gilley is Emeritus Reader in Theology at the University of Durham, UK.  They jointly edited The Irish in the Victorian City; The Irish in Britain, 1815-1939 and The Irish in Victorian Britain: The Local Dimension.