Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North AmericaRich in human detail, penetrating in analysis, this book is social history on an epic scale. The first "transatlantic" history of the Irish, Emigrants and Exiles offers the fullest account yet of the diverse waves of Irish emigration to North America. Drawing on enormous original research, Miller focuses on the thought and behavior of the "ordinary" Irish emigrants, as revealed in their personal letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs as well as in their songs, poems and folklore. Miller shows that the exile mentality was deeply rooted in Irish history, culture and personality, and it profoundly affected both the traumatic course of modern Irish history and the Irish experience in America. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
THE MAKING | 9 |
Ireland before the Great Famine | 26 |
The Culture of Exile | 102 |
THE PATTERNS | 131 |
Irish Emigration | 137 |
Irish Emigration | 169 |
The PreFamine | 193 |
The Great Famine | 280 |
Ireland and PostFamine | 345 |
Tradition and Expediency | 427 |
The PostFamine Emigrants | 492 |
Conclusion | 556 |
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