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Sophie Cooper - Forging Identities in the Irish World, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Forging Identities in the Irish World

Melbourne and Chicago, c.1830-1922

Av Sophie Cooper

Del i serien Studies in British and Irish Migration

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Presents the experiences of two burgeoning cities and the Irish people that helped to establish Irish identity within themProvides an in-depth study of the Irish in Melbourne and the ethnic social history of Chicago's earliest decadesBased on primary sources from across the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and Australia Brings together religious, urban, and civic society histories to ask new questions of Irish diaspora historySet within colonial Melbourne and Chicago, this book explores the shifting influences of religious demography, educational provision and club culture to shed new light on what makes a diasporic ethnic community connect and survive over multiple generations. Sophie Cooper focuses on these Irish populations as they grew alongside their cities establishing the cultural and political institutions of Melbourne and Chicago, and these comparisons allow scholars to explore what happens when an ethnic group so often considered 'other' have a foundational role in a city instead of entering a society with established hierarchies. Forging Identities in the Irish World places women and children alongside men to explore the varied influences on migrant identity and community life.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-11-15
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 434 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Studies in British and Irish Migration
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
  • ISBN: 9781474487108
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of American Conference for Irish Studies: Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America 2023
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Sophie Cooper is Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen's University Belfast. Sophie was a William McFarlane Fellow at the University of Edinburgh where she completed her PhD in 2017. Prior to that, she studied at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Exeter. Sophie has previously published on material culture, female travel in the British empire, and ideas of belonging in the Irish diaspora.

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Cooper identifies some very subtle ways in which the communities varied or, in some cases, subtle ways in which their experience was more similar than would initially appear. In part, this is Cooper’s sensitivity to the difference between the Australian experience when for much of the time of the analysis Australia was a colony and then a dominion within the British Empire, while Chicago was part of a fully independent state throughout the period studied. Equally important, as the notes and bibliography show, the research base for the book is extensive. Cooper delved deeply into both the contemporary sources and the historiography of both cities. This will be a useful book for those interested in the Irish diaspora and how the nature of Irishness developed in two of the major destination for Irish, Catholic emigrants.

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