Beyond the American pale : the Irish in the West, 1845-1910 / David M. Emmons.

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F596.3 .I6 E48 2010

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Author/Creator:

Emmons, David M.

Language:

English

Imprint:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2010.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-457) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The American pale
pt. 1. Unwelcome strangers : the Irish and the American West
From Ireland to America's mythic West : William L. O'Brien's working-class grand tour
Irrepressible conflicts : systems of slavery in the Civil War era
Slavery, the Irish, and Western America
Most unlikely Westerners
Savage twins : Indians and Irish on the border
pt. 2. An alternate frontier : the Irish in the American West
Border wars : clustered Irish across the meridian
Finding a "fair living" : patterns of Irish migration and settlement in the West
The worlds the Irish made : transplanting the townlands to Western America
An alternate frontier : the Irish strain in labor's Western American heartland
Epilogue: A different kind of West
Appendix: Western communities that sent contributions to support Irish nationalism (1880-1882, 1905).

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ISBN:

9780806141282
080614128X