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23 August 2006 17:52  
  
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:52:00 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
CFP: Natural Disasters and Pre-Modern Societies
  
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Natural Disasters and Pre-Modern Societies, Conference hosted by the
Historical Department of the University of Z=FCrich, Switzerland, =
September,
7-9, 2006 (Conference Venue: SOC-1-101, R=E4mistrasse 69, 8001 =
Z=FCrich).=20

The historical study of disasters is an interdisciplinary field, =
currently
dominated by scholars from various sub-disciplines of the historical and
social sciences (environmental and climate history, historical =
anthropology,
social anthropology/ethnology, geography). The conference will focus on
pre-modern societies prioritising the period 1500 to 1800. =
Geographically,
the case studies are spread across the globe and are related to a wide
cultural spectrum. This will be the most basic prerequisite for =
large-scale
cultural comparison. In a global history perspective, important issues =
of
comparison will be religious forms of coping in Islamic and Christian
societies as well as differences between pre-colonial, colonial and
non-colonial societies. Another focus of the conference results from a
considerable number of contributions dealing with climatically induced
disasters (e.g. floods, droughts/famine, storm tides). In the late =
Middle
Ages and the Early Modern period this type of disaster must be seen in
connection with a significant climatic change, known as the Little Ice =
Age.=20
=20
Dr Franz Mauelshagen=20
University of Z=FCrich=20
Department of History=20
Karl Schmid-Str. 4=20
8006 Z=FCrich, Switzerland=20
Tel.: +41 (0)44 6343891
Email: monica.staub[at]freesurf.ch

Visit the website at http://www.hist.unizh.ch/disaster =20



William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
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23 August 2006 17:52  
  
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:52:00 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
CFP: Global Labor History and the Question of Freedom and
  
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Call for Papers =20

=93Global Labor History and the Question of Freedom and Unfreedom=94 To =
be held
in Berlin, December 14-16, 2006. The conference is funded by the State =
of
Berlin Senate=92s Office for Science, Research, and Culture and will be
realized by the joint cooperation between the Wissenschaftskolleg zu =
Berlin
and the Wissenschaftszentrum f=FCr Sozialforschung Berlin (WZB) under =
the
direction of Professor J=FCrgen Kocka (WZB) and Professor Andreas Eckert
(Universit=E4t Hamburg).=20

After two conferences in 2005 and 2006 focused on the concept of global
labor history in general and on global labor and the nation state
respectively, this follow-up conference will examine the field of
free/unfree labor from multiple transregional and transcultural
perspectives. Again, the conference aims at bringing together younger =
and
senior scholars who relate their work to the field of global labor =
history.=20

One of the main tasks of global labor history is to concern itself with
informal and unfree labor, since gainful employment and wage labor in =
the
global context is increasingly less important. Child, women, and casual
labor now determine the international work market. For example, workers =
in
the field of ship breaking, mine work, and weaving, are far removed from =
any
"Homo Oeconomicus.=94 Their work does not find any adequate category in =
the
approaches circulating today =96 even though unfree laborers too are =
political
players who position themselves in their respective societies. The =
concept
of unfree labor is based on the idea of immobility and personal =
dependence
which limit the freedom of the individual. This principle establishes =
itself
even in western urban centers, in that wage labor and gainful employment
change, and people bond when there is a limitation of the property =
rights in
a situation of dependence.=20

In this regard, the study of supranational regulations or multi-national
guidelines on the global market, which influence the political economic
development and point out the importance of human rights and
anti-discrimination laws in the field of global labor history, are =
likewise
important topics to discuss.=20

We particularly welcome proposals with a historical focus and an =
emphasis
placed on the interaction between non-European societies, Europe, and =
the
United States, as well as on the interactions between non-European
societies. With regard to methodical approaches, local studies, =
comparisons,
and the study of interconnectivities/ entanglements should be =
prioritized.=20

Candidates:=20
Candidates should work in the disciplines of history, anthropology, law,
sociology, political sciences, as well as area studies. Applicants =
should be
at the doctoral or postdoctoral level. Ph.D. holders should have =
received
their doctorate in the last five years. Proposed projects should employ =
a
historical as well as a transregional perspective.=20

Travel expenses and costs incurred during the stay in Berlin will be
covered.=20

Application procedure:=20
To apply, please send the following documents in English:=20
1. A curriculum vitae=20
2. A brief statement of up to 500 words about current research relevant =
to
the conference=92s theme=20
3. The names and addresses (incl. e-mail) of two referees=20

Application deadline: September 17, 2006=20

Candidates will be informed presumably by the end of September whether =
they
have been accepted. Participants will be asked to submit the full paper
(10,000 words) in English by November 1 to be distributed to the other
participants. The detailed program will be announced mid-October.=20

Please send your application, preferably via email, to:=20
Dr. Felicitas Hentschke=20
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin=20
Wallotstra=DFe 19=20
14193 Berlin, Germany=20
e-mail: fh[at]wiko-berlin.de=20

Further Information:=20
http://www.wiko-berlin.de/kolleg/projekte/wegedw/?hpl=3D2=20
=20
Dr. Felicitas Hentschke=20
Wege des Wissens. Transregionale Studien /=20
Ways of Knowledge. Transregional Studies=20
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin=20
Wallotstra=DFe 19, 14193 Berlin=20
Germany=20
Phone: +49 30 89 001-267=20
Fax: +49 30 89 001-200=20
Email: fh[at]wiko-berlin.de
Visit the website at =
http://www.wiko-berlin.de/kolleg/projekte/wegedw/?hpl=3D2



William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
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=20
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23 August 2006 20:38  
  
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:38:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Thomas J. Archdeacon" [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Suggestions, please
  
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I am wondering about the availability of online data related to Irish
immigrants.=A0 Anything on Scots would also be of interest.

My definition of data is statistically oriented.=A0 I=92m looking for =
material
from which counts can be made.=A0 My definition of online is fairly =
broad.=A0 I
would count the Transportation Records from Australia and Ruth-Ann =
Harris=92s
materials on =93Missing Friends.=94=A0 =A0Although both are searchable, =
neither can
be easily subjected to large-scale manipulation.=A0 I also know that one =
can
also construct data sets from the IPUMS (Public Use Microsample) =
available
for some US censuses.=A0 IPUMS can be accessed online, and converted =
into
files usable with SSPS, etc.=A0 Beyond those, anyone aware of anything?

Thanks.

Tom
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24 August 2006 12:15  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:15:39 +0100 Reply-To: Joan Allen [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Re: returned yank readings
  
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Can I suggest Pamela O'Neill (ed) Exile and Homecoming, Sydney, 2005.
These are the published papers of the Fifth Australian Conference of
Celtic Studies (2004)
The next triennial conference is in 2007.
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24 August 2006 13:15  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:15:05 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
FW: Southern ACIS Call for Papers
  
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This may be of interest to the list.=20
=20
Winthrop University, in Rock Hill, SC, will host the Southern Regional
Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies March 8-10, =
2007.
The theme of the interdisciplinary conference will be "A Piece of the =
Irish
Dream," although the committee welcomes paper proposals on all aspects =
of
Irish Studies.=20
=20
Please submit a one-page paper proposal by October 9, 2006 to:=20
=20
Marguerite Quintelli-Neary (nearym[at]winthrop.edu), or send a hard copy to =
her
at:=20
English Department =20
250 Bancroft Hall =20
Winthrop University =20
Rock Hill, SC 29733 =20
=20
Selected conference papers will be published in forthcoming issues of
Working Papers in Irish Studies, which is published by Winthrop =
University.=20
=20
Nuala NiDhomhnaill and Fintan O'Toole have agreed to present readings =
at
the conference.

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24 August 2006 16:27  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:27:19 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship- Johns Hopkins
  
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This may be of interest to the list.=20


The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University
Solicits applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship =
in
the
Humanities in the following fields: Anthropology, Classics, German, =
Romance
Languages
And Literatures, History, History of Art, History of Science and =
Technology,
Humanities, Near Eastern Studies, and Philosophy. Two fellowships will =
be
available starting July 1, 2007. The appointments are for one year,
Renewable for a second. The position carries a departmental affiliation =
and
the
responsibility to teach one course per semester. The initial stipend =
will be
$45,000, with an additional $1,000 made available for research and =
travel
expenses; health insurance and a one-time moving allowance of $1,500 are
Also included. Applicants should have completed the Ph.D. no earlier =
than
June
30, 2003. For more information, please visit www.jhu.edu/ksas.

Applicants should send a letter of interest, a c.v., three letters of
recommendation and an academic statement including research and teaching
proposals to:

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee
237 Mergenthaler Hall
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Applications must be postmarked by November 15, 2006. Applications from
Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged. The =
Johns
Hopkins
University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.


William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
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=20
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24 August 2006 16:27  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:27:19 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship - U. Pennsylvania
  
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Five Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2007-08 academic =
year
Are available for untenured scholars who are invited to submit =
applications
Related to the umbrella topic of "Origins," the Forum's 2007-08 research
topic.
Fellows teach one freshman seminar each of two terms in addition to
conducting
Research .
$42,000 stipend plus health insurance.=20

The Fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, who =
meet
eligibility criteria.

Application Deadline: October 16, 2006

Full fellowship eligibility guidelines and application available online
only:
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu

Contact Info:
Jennifer Conway
Penn Humanities Forum
University of Pennsylvania
3619 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6213

Website: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu



William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
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=20
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24 August 2006 16:40  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:40:31 -0500 Reply-To: Bill Mulligan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
FW: International Dissertation Research Fellowship/ Deadline:
  
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November 1, 2006.
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Forwarded from e-Nass. This may be of interest to the list.=20
=20

FELLOWSHIP- International Dissertation Research Fellowship

The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of=20
Learned Societies announce the 2007 competition of the International=20
Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program designed to support=20
distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences=20
conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty=20
fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2007 with=20
funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge=20
about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and=20
site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or=20
manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program=20
promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and=20
geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and=20
cross-regional perspectives.

Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site=20
dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins or by December=20
2007, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for=20
nine to twelve months of dissertation research. The fellowship must=20
be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months=20
between July 2007 and December 2008.

For more detailed information on application procedures and=20
eligibility requirements, visit the IDRF website at=20
www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf or contact program staff at idrf[at]ssrc.org
.

Deadline: November 1, 2006.



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24 August 2006 18:25  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:25:12 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Return
  
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Jim,

'Returned yank' limits the search - I don't know if this is intentional?

The Returner is a recurring trope in Irish fiction. Maybe in all =
fiction...

I'll have to have a little think...

But here are some that immediately come to mind...

1.
Sheehan, Patrick Augustine, Glenanaar (1904)...

Who was it who said that Sheehan is a better writer when he forgets he =
is a
priest? The kindly priest narrator is perhaps too present in =
Glenanaar...
But the character of the returner is handled well.

2.
I happen to be looking at the work of Glenn Patterson...

http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/profile/?p=3Dauth101

See
Glenn Patterson, Fat Lad, Chatto & Windus, 1992.
Which is about returning to Belfast.

'Fat Lad' is a helpful way of remembering the counties of Northern =
Ireland.

3.
There is a Dermot Bolger play, The Lament for Arthur Clery - which of =
course
is a deconstructing meditation on the Lament for Art O' Leary/ Caoineadh
Airt U=CD Laoghaire.

And Art O'Leary was a returner...

Paddy


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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
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Of Rogers, James
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Subject: [IR-D] returned yank readings

Listers,

An open-ended question that I submit to the collective wisdom of the =
list:=20

What titles - fiction, nonfiction, film, whatever - would you include in =
a
reading list on the theme of the "returned Yank"? The Quiet Man, =
certainly
, and George Moore's "Home Sickness"; and we've recently published two =
good
short memoirs on this theme in New Hibernia Review ("Finding Home:
Aughkiltubred, 1969" by James Murphy, 8,3 [Autumn 2004], and "Fearful
Symmetry: An Emigrant's Return to Celtic Tiger Ireland" by Maureen =
O'Connor,
10, 1 [Spring, 2006]).

Other suggestions? Any hidden jewels out there?=20

Thanks in advance. The diaspora list never fails!

Jim Rogers



James S. Rogers
Managing Director/Center for Irish Studies
Editor/New Hibernia Review
University of St Thomas #5008
2115 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662
www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies
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24 August 2006 19:33  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:33:09 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
TOC Irish Political Studies, Volume 21 Number 3/September 2006
  
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Volume 21 Number 3/September 2006 of Irish Political Studies is now
available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site at
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.

The following URL will take you directly to the issue:

http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=W78468711422

This issue contains:

Reform of Politico-administrative Relations in the Irish System: Clarifying
or Complicating the Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility?
p. 257
Bernadette Connaughton

Is Post-nationalism or Liberal-culturalism behind the Transformation of
Irish Nationalism?
p. 277
Catherine Frost

Assessing the Relationship between Neoliberalism and Political Corruption:
The Fianna Fail-Progressive Democrat Coalition, 1997-2006
p. 297
Gary Murphy

Ministerial Selection in Ireland: Limited Choice in a Political Village
p. 319
Eoin O'Malley

Between Party and Movement:1 Sinn Fein and the Popular Movement against
Criminalisation, 1976-1982
p. 337
F. Stuart Ross

Sinn Fein and the Media in Northern Ireland: The New Terrain of Policy
Articulation
p. 355
Graham Spencer

Book Reviews
p. 383
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24 August 2006 21:26  
  
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:26:02 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Film viewership in Ireland
  
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From: Gillespie, Michael [mailto:michael.gillespie[at]marquette.edu]=20
Subject: film viewership in Ireland

Dear Friends,

I have begun work on an article on cinema viewing in Ireland.=A0 I am =
trying
to find data on the popularity of films that are shown in Ireland and on
video rentals as well.=A0 I know that Screen International publishes =
weekly
box office figures for Ireland and the UK, and I am trying to get some =
back
issues.=A0 I also am checking the censorship office website to see which =
films
have been recently approved. However, I wonder if there are any other
sources for cinema attendance for particular films.=A0 I also am at a =
loss to
find figures on video rentals.=A0 I would be grateful to hear any =
suggestions
for getting this information.=A0 Thanks in advance.

Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English
Marquette University
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25 August 2006 15:50  
  
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:50:18 -0500 Reply-To: "William Mulligan Jr." [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham
  
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Forwarded for information.

Manuscripts and Special Collections is pleased to announce that its
public services are re-opening on Tuesday 29 August 2006. This follows
its move to new premises at the University's King's Meadow Campus.
Manuscript collections, Special Collections of printed books, and the
East Midlands Collection have all moved to King's Meadow Campus.

King's Meadow Campus is on the site of the former Carlton TV Studios,
purchased by the University in 2005. It is about a mile distant from
the main campus. It already houses other sections of Information
Services. The move gives the department much needed expansion space for
the collections.

Manuscripts and Special Collection's web pages contain further
information about services and facilities, including directions to the
new premises, and opening hours.

See http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss for more details.

Our new postal address is:

Manuscripts and Special Collections
University of Nottingham
King's Meadow Campus
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NR

And contact numbers for enquiries are:
Tel: +44 (0)115 951 4565
Fax: +44 (0)115 846 8651
Email: mss-library[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Thanks,

Kathryn Summerwill



William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA
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28 August 2006 16:37  
  
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:37:58 +0000 Reply-To: Sarah Morgan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
The Favourite
  
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A friend alerted me to this radio programme on 'The Favourite' - a pub in
North London which was demolished to make room for the new Arsenal football
stadium. At one time, The Favourite was well known as a traditional Irish
music venue. The programme is available at the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/ln27s/

Sarah.
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29 August 2006 14:56  
  
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:56:05 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Query EIRE IRELAND VOL 41; NUMB 1/2; 2006
  
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From: ultancowley[at]eircom.net [mailto:ultancowley[at]eircom.net]
Sent: 29 August 2006 14:27
Subject: Re: [IR-D] TOC EIRE IRELAND VOL 41; NUMB 1/2; 2006

Dear All

I have an Irish correspondent in California who is a former nun living, like
myself, outside the academic loop. Can anyone suggest how she might access
this issue of Eire Ireland?

With thanks

Ultan Cowley


<
< EIRE IRELAND
< VOL 41; NUMB 1/2; 2006
< ISSN 0013-2683
<
< pp. 9-39
< "Our Nuns Are Not a Nation": Politicizing the Convent in Irish Literature
< and Film.
< Cullingford, E. B.
<
< pp. 40-63
< Embodied Ideals and Realities: Irish Nuns and Irish Womanhood,
1930s-1960s.
< McKenna, Y.
<
< pp. 64-121
< The Manliness of Parnell.
< Valente, J.
<
< pp. 122-141
< Words as Weapons: Speech, Violence, and Gender in Late Medieval Ireland.
< Hall, D.
<
< pp. 142-168
< Maureen O'Hara: Pirate Queen, Feminist Icon?.
< Barton, R.
<
< pp. 169-191
< Roasting a Man Alive: The Case of Mary Rielly, Criminal Lunatic.
< Prior, P.
<
< pp. 192-212
< Women Writers and the Death of Rural Ireland: Realism and Nostalgia in
the
< 1940s.
< Wills, C.
<
< pp. 213-241
< Cycling and Gender in Victorian Ireland.
< Griffin, B.
<
< pp. 242-261
< The Sons of Cuchulainn: Violence, the Family, and the Irish Canon.
< Meaney, G.
<
< pp. 262-283
< Gender, Citizenship, and the Future of the Northern Ireland Peace
Process.
< Ward, M.
<
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29 August 2006 16:58  
  
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:58:56 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
Book Review, Dickson, Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster
  
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H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by H-Albion[at]h-net.msu.edu (August 2006)

David Dickson. _Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster, 1630 ? 1830_.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. xviii + 726 pp. Illustrations,
maps, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-299-21180-0.

Reviewed for H-Albion by David J. Butler, Department of Sociology,
University College Cork, Ireland

Religion, Land and Rivalry

This ground-breaking study by one of Ireland's foremost social and economic
historians, focuses on one of Ireland's wealthiest regions in the early
modern period, South Munster, and traces its fortunes over two hundred
years.[1] The region's strengths were its agricultural resources and its
prime Atlantic location; the rise of the city of Cork from insignificance to
international importance was both critical in the exploitation of this
wealth and symbolic of a new commercial order. Cork's wholesale hinterland
embraced much of counties Kerry, Waterford and Cork itself, as well as the
southern-third of Tipperary and Limerick, and the study examines the whole
of this region.

Colonization and commerce transformed the region, but growth came at a
price. Many of the problems of pre-Famine Ireland--gross income inequality
and land scarcity--were obvious in South Munster. This study highlights the
more familiar landmarks of the nineteenth century--agrarian conflict,
structural poverty, and the collapse of food supply--in a new and more
complex landscape.

At the outset, Dickson emphasizes the wide scope of this work, and the
length of its genesis--it is in fact over thirty years in gestation.[2] The
research for this book was done in "two great pulses, separated by some
twenty years," and we are all the richer for it. It is organized into three
parts. In the first section, two chapters trace the totality of
seventeenth-century developments (before and after the momentous year of
1641 respectively). Subsequent chapters in section 1 are thematic and focus
on social and economic change between the mid-seventeenth century and the
1760s. They also examine land ownership and the world of the gentry in the
wake of the great seventeenth-century revolution in land ownership (chapter
3); the timing and character of commercial change in town, countryside and
on the high seas (chapters 4 and 5); and the rural estate system and the
working out of agricultural change (chapters 6 and 7). The second section
reflects on the surface tranquillity of south Munster before the
late-eighteenth century, set against evidence of profound underlying
tensions. The third section examines thematic developments between 1770 and
1830: the more rapid transformation of agriculture and demography (chapter
8); the changing power relationships in rural society (chapter 9); trade and
manufacturing (chapter 10); and urbanization and infrastructure (chapter
11). The concluding chapters return to a political and cultural narrative,
and trace the origins of the crisis of the 1790s (chapter 12), and the
bitter post-Union period culminating in the denouement of 1829 (chapter 13).

In _Old World Colony_, Dickson traces how rural society and farming evolved,
and surveys the world of landowners and of the marginalized, of wealthy
merchants and the teeming masses in the city of Cork. He seeks to integrate
what is usually separated--social, economic and political history--in a
fresh and unfamiliar panorama of material and public life, across the
heartlands of "the Hidden Ireland," from the era of civil war and
expropriation in the seventeenth century to the era of Catholic emancipation
in the 1820s. In terms of layout, readability and contemporary illustrative
material, the book is a masterpiece. It is beautifully presented and
organized, and there are many evocative chapter sub-headings that engage
imaginatively with the task at hand. However, it is in the 110
illustrations, 8 maps and 20 informative tables that Dickson makes such a
novel contribution, particularly in terms of the illustrative materials he
has brought together in an enviable corpus of work--mainly comprising
prints, engravings and paintings from public and private collections, and
depictions from estate maps. No less impressive, are his hugely detailed
140 pages of notes and references, his 21 pages of appendices and his
40-page bibliography: these three features combine to show the huge depth
of Dickson's scholarship, his ease with the sources and his painstaking work
in forty archives, besides numerous field excursions and trips to
collections held in private hands. His knowledge and use of contemporary
printed sources, newspapers, manuals and periodicals, as well as his use of
all manner of secondary sources, serves also to emphasize the wide range of
his reading and assimilation of the literature. My only gripe centers on a
personal preference for footnotes--particularly useful in the historical
sciences, but sadly not espoused by Wisconsin University Press or their
European counterpart, Cork University Press. It is so frustrating to have
to go to the back of the book to seek further elaboration on a source. On
the other hand, the publishers are to be commended on the quality of their
product, and particularly on the successful integration of contemporary
illustrations and maps into the text.

Dickson set out in this book to reconstruct the framework of a pre-modern
regional society in a way never before attempted for Ireland, and to
demonstrate how that society worked. He has certainly achieved this in an
in-depth, stylistic manner, that is clearly organized, and both easy and
enjoyable to read. His findings are of national significance and will also
be of comparative interest to students of pre-industrial European and
colonial American history.

Notes

[1]. David Dickson is Associate Professor of Modern History in Trinity
College, University of Dublin. He is author of _Arctic Ireland_ (1997) and
_New Foundations: Ireland 1660-1800_ (2nd ed., 2000) ; he has recently
co-edited _Refiguring Ireland: Essays in Honour of L. M. Cullen_ (2003) and
_1798: A Bicentenary Perspective_ (2003).

[2]. His doctoral thesis, entitled "An Economic History of the Cork Region
in the Eighteenth Century" (Ph.D. diss, University of Dublin, 1977), forms
the basis for this book and his life interest in the subject area.
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Dear Paddy
Very grateful if you would kindly circulate this.
Brian
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The Seventh Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School
Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh
Saturday, 14 October 2006

The focus of the Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School, now in its =
seventh
year, remains on how emigrants from Ireland have given expression in =
words
to feelings of exile. Part of the programme will take place in the
stimulating setting of the Outdoor Museum of the Ulster-American Folk =
Park.
The rest will be in the warmth of the library of the Centre for =
Migration
Studies. The aim is to give members of the public a friendly opportunity =
to
meet and mix with experts on some of the less well-known aspects of =
'exile'
in Irish literature.

Speakers
Peter Carr is the celebrated author of Portavo, who narrowly missed =
being
awarded the 2006 Wolfson Prize - the biggest history prize in the UK,
awarded annually to the most scholarly and accessible work of history
published in the calendar year. Previous winners have included Roy =
Jenkins,
Eric Hobsbawm, Norman Stone, Antonia Fraser, Quentin Skinner and Simon
Schama. No book on an Irish theme has won the prize since 1980.
Portavo (parts I and II) follows the fortunes of a single Irish
townland (near Bangor, County Down) from 400,000,000 years ago to the
present, adroitly interweaving its geography, geology, history, =
archaeology,
folklore and traditions. It also tells the story of the townland's
long-time owners, the enigmatic Ker family, who arrived in Ireland as
fugitives from justice in the wake of the murder of Rizzio, favourite of
Mary Queen of Scots, rose to become one of the richest landowning =
families
in Ireland, then spectacularly collapsed, amidst suicide, incest, =
alcoholism
and madness. Portavo II received rave reviews upon its publication in
November 2005. Peter Carr will talk about how a single townland yielded =
such
a rich history and focus in particular on Portavo's migration story.

John Moulden is a leading authority on the Irish song tradition. He =
spoke
and sang at the Fourth Autumn School in 2003 and since then he has =
completed
his doctoral thesis at the Centre for the Study of Human Settlement and
Change at the National University of Ireland, Galway on 'The Printed =
Ballad
in Ireland: a guide to the popular printing of songs in Ireland, =
1760-1920.
As before he will lead the walk through the outdoor museum, talking =
about
his research and performing some of the new songs that he has =
discovered,
including 'Monk McClamont's Farewell to Articlave'.=20
Please see below for programme details

=20
Saturday 14 October, 2006=20

10.45 Registration (CMS Library at Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh)
Tea / Coffee on arrival

11.00 Welcome (CMS Library)

11.05 Peter Carr, 'The Migration Story of Portavo'
Chair: Sir Peter Froggatt
12.00 Discussion
=09

12.30 Lunch (Visitor Centr)e


1.30 John Moulden, 'The Local Voice in Traditional and Popularly Printed
Songs'
(Ship Gallery and Outdoor Museum)


3.00 Afternoon Tea (Library)


3.15 Brian Lambkin, 'Emigration from North-west Ulster: Remembering =
the
'Exmouth', 1847'

3.45 Book Launch: A Famine Link: The 'Hannah' - South Armagh to Ontario,
Kevin Murphy and Una Walsh, Mullaghbane Community Association, 2006

4.15 Reception=20

4.45 Close

Fee: =A320.00 stg (=A315.00 concession for students, unwaged and senior
citizens)
Includes: registration, morning tea/coffee, lunch, afternoon
tea/coffee and drinks reception.

Contact
Tel: 028 8225 6315; Fax: 028 8224 2241; Email:
Christine.Johnston[at]ni-libraries.net=20


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Ultan,

=C9ire-Ireland is published by the Irish-American Cultural Institute...
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The journal recently became available through the Project Muse web site
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Project Muse makes academic journals available online to participating
INSTITUTIONS. There is no individual membership.

It may be that if your colleague is interested in just one specific =
article
we might persuade someone who is a member of a participating institution =
to
get the article for her, and forward it as an email attachment.

Some older issues of =C9ire-Ireland are still available FREE on the
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] TOC EIRE IRELAND VOL 41; NUMB 1/2; 2006

Dear All

I have an Irish correspondent in California who is a former nun living, =
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myself, outside the academic loop. Can anyone suggest how she might =
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H-NET BOOK REVIEW
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Peter Hart. _Mick: The Real Michael Collins_. New York: Viking Press, =
2006.
xxi + 426 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $27.95 (cloth),
ISBN 0-670-03147-x.

Reviewed for H-Albion by Timothy G. McMahon, Department of History,
Marquette University

The Big Fellow?

Peter Hart, the leading young historian of the Irish War of =
Independence,
has produced an engaging, vivid, yet uneven biography of the =
revolutionary
politician Michael Collins. Anyone familiar with Hart's earlier works
(including the superb _The IRA and Its Enemies_ [1998]) knows that he =
brings
considerable gifts as a storyteller and analyst to bear on his subjects. =
In
this instance, he eschews the tropes of prior works on Collins--most =
notably
the tendency to portray him as an Emerald Pimpernel. The author =
restricts
himself only to sources that are readily available (letters, police =
reports,
cabinet and committee minutes, diaries, and newspaper accounts), thus
avoiding a pitfall of prior Collins scholarship, in which authors have
utilized papers that subsequently disappeared. Moreover, unlike his
predecessors, he devotes substantial chapters to Collins's childhood and
early adult life, detecting in them patterns of behavior that would =
become
essential in his rise to power within the Irish republican movement.

Hart is surely correct that Collins exemplified his generation of young
Irish men and women. (One might carry the point further and say that he =
was
emblematic of a generation of young Europeans.) Better educated and =
more
mobile than their parents, they were drawn to cities and towns, often to
clerical, trade, or civil service positions, yet they were also =
frequently
frustrated by their lack of mobility once they reached a certain point =
on
the career ladder. For Collins, and for many hundreds of other young =
Irish,
this point came after emigration from rural west Cork to London, where =
he
entered with gusto into the migrant milieu, joining organizations such =
as
the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Gaelic League, and most importantly =
the
Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Still, the author's treatment of the Irish-Ireland movement--with its
endless committees, splits, and self-appointed republican =
"elect"--borders
on caricature. Organizational ruptures and feelings of righteous
indignation toward one's rivals were the stuff of all emerging =
associational
networks across the United Kingdom and the Continent at the turn of the
twentieth century: what made this one different was that a particular
faction seized control of it at an auspicious moment, i.e., in the =
aftermath
of Easter 1916.

Hart makes clear that the success of revolutionary republicanism in =
those
years was due, in no small part, to Michael Collins, who proved to be =
much
more than just another Mick on the make. With his ruthless drive, his
ability to encourage his fellows at moments of despair, and his
determination to succeed at all costs, he separated himself from the =
pack of
potential leaders through a formula honed in his London committee days.
Linking himself to slightly older mentors, such as his cousin Jack =
Hurley
and his IRB sponsor Patrick Belton, he made contacts that opened doors =
for
him later in life. He also secured positions, such as secretary or
treasurer, on teams and committees that enabled him to remain near the
center of the action while spreading his contact and knowledge base. =
Most
importantly, he chose wisely and acted resolutely. Hart demonstrates
repeatedly that at key junctures in his life, Collins faced decisions =
about
matters as mundane as whether to emigrate to America or to move to =
Dublin
and as profound as whether to accept the Articles of Agreement with =
Britain
in 1921. In each case, he left his options open until the last possible
moment, when he made his decision and worked it to the best of his =
ability.
In the former instance, for example, he moved to Dublin early in 1916,
linked himself to Joseph Plunkett (a signatory of the Easter =
Proclamation),
and gained an entr=E9e into the movement's inner circle. In the latter, =
he
signed the fabled "Treaty" that led to the creation of the Irish Free =
State
at the expense of republican unity. The Collins who emerges from these
pages was one whose organizational, financial, and political acumen was
sharpened through experience and wielded with great effect.

All of this meant that Collins was loved and hated, cheered and reviled.
Contemporaries developed differing opinions of him for a variety of =
reasons.
As Tim Pat Coogan noted in an earlier biography (_Michael Collins: A
Biography_ [1990]), Collins drank, swore, and smoked into the wee hours,
unlike many of his abstemious and devoutly Catholic fellow =
revolutionaries.
Of course, the fact that he developed what Hart refers to as a "kind of
court" of admirers, who helped him to entertain visiting guerrilla =
leaders
at Vaughan's Hotel, suggests that he was far from alone in pursuing =
these
more dissolute--and suspect--pursuits (p. 265). More importantly, he =
was
difficult to work with: combative and headstrong, he bullied colleagues =
and,
occasionally, worked around them to achieve his desired results. The
revolutionary Minister of Defense, Cathal Brugha, was merely the =
best-known
(and bitterest) co-worker with whom he crossed swords, but we learn from
Hart that their feud may have originated in a clash of personalities, =
with
Collins the initial aggressor. The Big Fellow's most important eventual
antagonist was, of course, his chief, Eamon de Valera, but as presented =
by
Hart, the two retained "a genuine partnership, with de Valera projecting =
a
supportive and tolerant presence" until after the treaty irrevocably =
divided
them (p. 265). Such a judgment may surprise, but it is backed up with
correspondence between the two men, including examples of de Valera
fulfilling his duty as mediator between Collins and other ministers in =
his
revolutionary cabinet.

Unfortunately, not all claims in _Mick_ appear as sure-footed, and those
less familiar with the period than Hart may find it difficult to =
distinguish
between demonstrated occurrences and the author=B9s informed =
speculations.
(Indeed readers must wade into the notes pages at the back and search =
for
the apposite phrase page by page because the format of this Viking
publication does not allow for footnotes in the text.) Two examples will
suffice. The first is minor and relates to Collins's efforts to secure =
the
directorship of the National Aid Association early in 1917--arguably the =
job
from which his later successes sprang. Hart finds in his subject's
application letter that Collins lied to secure the post, embellishing =
past
work experience. But why, he asks, particularly since the IRB was using =
his
expanding network of connections to secure the position? Hart supplies
three possible explanations (the desire to impress a potential future
employer, the need to protect a previously told lie, or the pleasure =
taken
in deception), but each of these is pure speculation (pp. 116-117). The
observed overstatement is certainly of interest, but without =
establishing a
pattern of hyperbole (perhaps even through deploying examples that Hart
refers to in his introduction) such speculation seems pointless.

A more important instance involves one of the central events of =
Collins's
career as director of intelligence in the IRA, that being the attack on
Crown secret service men in their homes that triggered Bloody Sunday in
November 1920. According to Hart, "Collins is often quoted (perhaps
apocryphally) as saying that he had to get them before they got him. In
fact it was the other way around ... the hush-hush men did not begin
murdering and torturing until _after_ a dozen of them were killed in =
their
homes by the IRA" (emphasis in original, p. 241). Technically correct, =
this
statement splits important hairs. On the one hand, the Crown's =
overlapping
intelligence operations were becoming increasingly more coordinated
throughout 1920, and while the men working in small groups in Dublin =
were
unique within this structure, intelligence operatives working alongside
Black and Tans and Auxiliary officers throughout Ireland were engaged in
identifying and killing IRA men and couriers. (Hart himself refers to =
one
such operation that led to the killing of a Limerick Sinn Feiner in
September 1920, who was reportedly bringing money to deliver to =
Collins.)
Equally important, Collins felt the net tightening around himself and =
his
operatives because of these men. Hart notes that the secret service men =
in
Dublin were already involved in raids and ambushes, one of which was in =
the
office of Collins's close associate, General Richard Mulcahy, from which
they seized IRA plans for the British half of what was to have been an =
even
more spectacular and bloodier Sunday on November 21. But if--as Hart
maintain--Collins's main purpose in employing violence was to bring =
about
peace more quickly, decisively, and on his own terms, surely it is not a
stretch to recognize the validity of the sentiment that it was "them or =
me."

This volume will not please every reader, particularly those seeking a
heroic portrait of its subject. No doubt some will wish to argue with
Hart's conclusion that Collins "was not interested in sacrificing =
himself
for others or in upholding any sacred principle so it would live on =
after
him," particularly since his life was cut short during a civil war that
maintained the "freedom to achieve" "the ultimate freedom that all =
nations
desire and develop to" (pp. 425-426). But it is in engaging such =
arguments
that we come better to understand the people and forces that shaped our
past. As such, Hart's unsentimental and critical _Mick_ should take its
place alongside David Fitzpatrick's study of Harry Boland, and Tim Pat
Coogan's and T. Ryle Dwyer's works on both de Valera and Collins, for =
those
interested in the Irish War of Independence. [1]

Note

[1]. David Fitzpatrick, _Harry Boland's Irish Revolution_ (Cork: Cork
University Press, 2003); Tim Pat Coogan, _Michael Collins: A Biography_
(London: Hutchinson, 1990); and, _De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow_
(London: Hutchinson, 1993). T. Ryle Dwyer, _Big Fellow, Long Fellow: A
Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera_ (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan,
1998); _De Valera: The Man and the Myths_ (Dublin: Poolbeg, 1991); and,
_The Squad and the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins_ (Cork:
Mercier Press, 2005).
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Ruth Dudley Edwards. _An Atlas of Irish History_. London and New York:
Routledge, 2005. xii + 299 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, select
bibliography, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-415-27859-7

Reviewed for H-Albion by Mimi Cowan, Department of History, Boston College

A Visual Directory to Patterns in Irish History

Ruth Dudley Edwards's _An Atlas of Irish History_ is an excellent resource
for teachers and mid- to advanced level students of Irish history. The
third edition of this book has been written in conjunction with Bridget
Hourican, whom Edwards credits with being "the main author of most of the
new material relating to the Republic of Ireland" (p. xii) . This work is
full of usable and informative maps covering a wide range of topics. The
maps are plentiful, well drawn, and, for the most part, easily
comprehensible. This book avoids delving into the myriad of
historiographical debates involving Ireland and the value of the work is
having over one hundred maps and charts on hand as reference and teaching
aids.

_An Atlas of Irish History_ is organized thematically rather than
chronologically. Chapters include topics such as "Military Developments,"
"Religion," "Land," and "Social Change," among others. Each chapter's
contents are then arranged chronologically and each section is paired with a
map to illustrate a specific point of Irish history. For example, the
chapter on religion begins with a brief overview of five thousand years of
Irish religious change. The first section of the chapter, titled "The
Coming of Christianity," consists of approximately a page of text and a map
that shows what the authors refer to as "some of the more important"
ecclesiastical foundations from the fifth through the eighth centuries in
Ireland (pp. 107-108). This map does an excellent job of portraying the
pervasiveness of Christianity in Ireland at this time by visually presenting
to the reader the ubiquitousness of the ecclesiastical foundations on the
island. The chapter then goes on in similar fashion to cover "Medieval
Ecclesiastical Ireland," "Post-Reformation Ireland," "The Dissolution of the
Monasteries," "Dissenters in Ireland," "Religious Affiliations," and
"Catholicism in Crisis," each with an accompanying map.

One of the strongest chapters is that which covers "The Irish Abroad."
Rather than only covering the all-too-obvious emigration of the eighteenth,
nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, the authors expand their examination as
far back as the fourth century. They begin with a section that maps the
existence of ogam stones throughout Ireland and western Britain, showing an
Irish influence that went beyond the shores of Ireland itself. The next two
sections and their maps show, respectively, the location of colonies of
Irish scholars throughout Western and Eastern Europe between the years 500
and 800, and the location of Irish colleges, both religious and secular, on
the European continent. These two maps are prime examples of the value of
this book. The maps make an entirely different impression upon the reader
than a simple list of place names would by illustrating the widespread
impact of Irish religion and scholarship throughout Europe. The significance
of these maps does not end there as they would also be useful in any
European history class to demonstrate the vibrant interconnectivity of
people and ideas as far back as one thousand years ago. These maps well
illustrate that Ireland was not "on the edge of Europe" but an integral part
of the whole. The chapter on "The Irish Abroad" continues on to cover other
topics of emigration and touches on nearly every location in the world to
which the Irish traveled in substantial numbers. The chapter includes
sections on the emigration inspired by religious fervor,
military/administrative posts, and economic and social upheaval.
Unsurprisingly, more time is spent on Britain and America than most other
locales.

While the maps are incredibly useful for all levels of interest in Irish
history and the visual nature of the work may draw newcomers to this book,
the thematic structure and the lack of a clear chronology may be confusing
for those who do not already have a strong grasp of the field. Also, the
text accompanying each section generally does not contain enough information
for a neophyte; complexities are glossed over and statements can at times be
misleading. For instance, in the discussion of "Irish-Speakers:
1851-2004," the only explanation given for the decline in the number of
Irish speakers is that English was the language of business and commerce and
Irish "gradually became the language of the poor and uneducated" (p. 225),
ignoring the impact of the important events such as the famine and mass
emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the shape of the
Irish language. The authors go on to say that "the Gaeltacht is facing
inevitable decline: the young do not wish to be restricted by their
language to an extremely limited range of jobs or locations" (p. 227), when
in reality the opposite is quite true today. The Irish speaker of the
twenty-first century is almost definitely bi-lingual and their linguistic
flexibility, although not necessarily required for every job, is a
sought-after mark of a strong educational background and a promising future.
Footnotes are not used in the book and the only source listed in the
bibliography for this section is _A View of the Irish Language_, which,
having been published in 1969, may be the reason this section is not
entirely up-to-date.

These problems, however, do not limit the usefulness of this work. This
volume would be a great asset to anyone teaching a class on Irish history.
They cover a vast array of topics and are thoughtfully laid out and well
drawn. The select bibliography would be helpful for beginning scholars who
are looking for a more in-depth treatment of a specific topic or period.
Also, although the thematic structure might be confusing for those
unfamiliar with the overall chronology of Irish history, this format
admittedly serves the map-based work well. While a newcomer to the study of
Irish history might appreciate the visual orientation of this book and its
short treatments of each period and subject, _An Atlas of Irish History_
would best serve those who are already well acquainted with Irish history
and who would certainly use this book as a reference and teaching aid on
many occasions.




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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:28:19 +0100 Reply-To: Patrick O'Sullivan [IR-DLOG0608.txt]
  
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Title of the Book Emigrant Homecomings

Subtitle of the Book The Return Movement of Emigrants,1600-2000

Author(s) of the Book Harper, Marjory [Ed.]

Publisher of the Book Manchester University Press

Publication Date 2006
ISBN of the Book 0719070708
Edition of the Book 288 pp. 7 illustrations hardback

Description 1. Introduction - Marjory Harper; Section 1: Overviews of
return; 2. Emigrants returning: the evolution of a tradition - Mark Wyman;
3. 'Come back Paddy Reilly': aspects of Irish return migration, 1600- 1845 -
Patrick Fitzgerald; Section 2: Motives of return migrants; 4.
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