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Description for Irish London
Hardcover. This book uses case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants to explore overlooked dimensions of Irish migration, the middle class, community and the social geography of London, in the eighteenth century. Series: Eighteenth Century Worlds. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
The familiar story of Irish migration to eighteenth and nineteenth-century London is one of severe poverty, hardship and marginalization. This book explores a very different set of Irish encounters with the metropolis by reconstructing the lives, experiences and activities of middle-class migrants. Detailed case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants show that these more prosperous migrants depended on Irish connections to overcome the ordinary challenges of day-to-day life. In contrast to previous scholarly assumptions that middle-class migrants assimilated completely to English cultural and social norms, this book emphasizes the possibilities rather than the limits of Irishness and argues that ... Read more
The familiar story of Irish migration to eighteenth and nineteenth-century London is one of severe poverty, hardship and marginalization. This book explores a very different set of Irish encounters with the metropolis by reconstructing the lives, experiences and activities of middle-class migrants. Detailed case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants show that these more prosperous migrants depended on Irish connections to overcome the ordinary challenges of day-to-day life. In contrast to previous scholarly assumptions that middle-class migrants assimilated completely to English cultural and social norms, this book emphasizes the possibilities rather than the limits of Irishness and argues that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Eighteenth Century Worlds
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318818
SKU
V9781846318818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Craig Bailey
Craig Bailey is Associate Professor at Villanova University, USA.
Reviews for Irish London
A richly-researched, elegantly-written and intellectually-sophisticated book. This is one of the most important studies of Irish communities and networks, and certainly the principal study of middle-class migrants, to date. … a very valuable contribution to the field and one deserving of consideration by historians of Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire as well as by those interested in the intersections ... Read more