1st Edition

The American Irish A History

By Kevin Kenny Copyright 2000
358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

  The American Irish: A History , is the first concise, general history of its subject in a generation. It provides a long-overdue synthesis of Irish-American history from the beginnings of emigration in the early eighteenth century to the present day. While most previous accounts of the subject have concentrated on the nineteenth century, and especially the period from the famine (1840s) to... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Eighteenth Century; 2: Before the Famine; 3: The Famine Generation; 4: After the Famine; 5: Irish America, 1900–1940; 6: Irish America Since the Second World War; Conclusion

Biography

Kevin Kenny