Oxford Paperbacks Emigrants and Exiles, (Paperback)

from jroach19

A very good book documenting waves of Irish immigration to the US in the 19th century. Very useful too, because it outlines conditions and problems present in Ireland which lead to immigration. Mil...

from AlexTheHunn

A monumental work that painstakingly examines the experiences of 19th century Irish emigrants. Miller includes extensive chapters on pre-famine and post-famine Irish experience.

from pkeroack

What I found particularly illuminating in this book were the excerpts from emigrant's letters about the ambivalence of their emigration - for so many it was an exile, even as it was for some a nece...

from pkeroack

What I found particularly illuminating in this book were the excerpts from emigrant's letters about the ambivalence of their emigration - for so many it was an exile, even as it was for some a nece...