Table of Contents: Emigrants and exiles :

Explains the reasons for the large Irish emigration, and examines the problems they faced adjusting to new lives in the United States.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Miller, Kerby A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Subjects and Genres:	Irish > United States > History. Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History. Ireland > Social conditions. United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
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Table of Contents:

1. The making if the emigrants' Ireland. Conquest: exiles in Erin ; Change: Ireland before the Great Famine ; Continuity: the culture of exile
2. The patterns of the Irish emigration, 1607-1921. Settlers, servants, and slaves: Irish emigration before the American Revolution
Liberty, intolerance, and profit: Irish emigration, 1783-1814
From "emigrants" to "exiles": the pre-famine exodus, 1815-1844
"Revenge for Skibbereen": the Great Famine and Irish emigration, 1845-1855
The last "exiles": Ireland and post-famine emigration, 1856-1921.