عنوان

The Irish in the South, 1815-1877 /

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Title Proper

The Irish in the South, 1815-1877 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

David T. Gleeson.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chapel Hill :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) :

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illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-268) and index.

Text of Note

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Irish Diaspora; Chapter 2: Urban Pioneers in the Old South; Chapter 3: Earning a Living; Chapter 4: Family, Community, and Ethnic Awareness; Chapter 5: Keeping the Faith; Chapter 6: The Irish, the Natives, and Politics; Chapter 7: The Know-Nothing Challenge; Chapter 8: Slavery, State Rights, and Secession; Chapter 9: The Green and the Gray; Chapter 10: Irish Confederates; Chapter 11: Postwar Integration; Conclusion: Irish Southerners; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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The only comprehensive study of Irish immigrants in the 19th-century South, this book makes a valuable contribution to the story of the Irish in America and to our understanding of southern culture. The Irish who migrated to the Old South struggled to make a new home in a land where they were viewed as foreigners and were set apart by language, high rates of illiteracy and their own self-identification as temporary exiles from famine and British misrule. They countered this isolation by creating vibrant, tightly knit ethnic communities in the cities and towns across the south where they found work, usually menial jobs. Finding strength in their communities, Irish immigrants developed the confidence to raise their voices in the public arena, forcing native southerners to recognize and accept them--first politically, then socially. The Irish integrated into southern society without abandoning their ethnic identity. They displayed their loyalty by fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and in particular, by opposing the Radical Reconstruction that followed. By 1877, they were a unique part of the "Solid South." Unlike the Irish in other parts of the United States, the Irish in the South had to fit into a regional culture as well as American culture in general.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Irish in the South, 1815-1877.

Title

Irish in the South, 1815-1877.

International Standard Book Number

0807826391

Immigrants-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

Immigrants-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.

Irish Americans-- Southern States-- Ethnic identity.

Irish Americans-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

Irish Americans-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.

Whites-- Southern States-- History-- 20th century.

Einwanderung

Ethnic relations.

Ethnische Identität

HISTORY-- State & Local.

Ieren.

Immigranten.

Immigrants-- Social conditions.

Immigrants-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

Immigrants-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.

Immigrants.

Iren

Irischer Einwanderer

Irish Americans-- Ethnic identity.

Irish Americans-- Social conditions.

Irish Americans-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

Irish Americans-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.

Irish Americans.

Social conditions

Soziale Situation

Whites.

Southern States, Ethnic relations.

Southern States, Social conditions, 19th century.

Iren.

Southern States.

United States, Southern States, Emigration and immigration.

United States, Southern States, Minorities.

USA, Südstaaten

Zuidelijke staten.

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HIS-- 036120

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Edition

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Book number

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Gleeson, David T.

Date of Transaction

20201206182112.0

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