The Creative migrant / edited by Patrick O'Sullivan

Language: English

Published by Leicester New York : Leicester University Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1994

0718501144 / 9780718501143

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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: ix, 246 pages ; 23 cm. Series: The Irish world wide: history, heritage, identity ; 3. Contents: Introduction: the creative migrant / Patrick O'Sullivan -- 1. Ireland and the scientific tradition /Martin J. Counihan -- 2. 'Till their . bog-trotting feet get talaria': Henry D. Thoreau and the immigrant Irish / James P. Myers, jun. -- 3. The Irish joke /Patrick O'Sullivan -- 4. The stage Irish / Owen Dudley Edwards -- 5. 'The sigh of thy harp shall be sent o'er the deep': the influence of Thomas Moore in Australia /Frank Molloy -- 6. Hunting the fenians: problems in the historiography of a secret organisation / Patrick J. Quinlivan -- 7. Story-tellers and writers: Irish identity in emigrant labourers' autobiographies, 1870-1970 / Bernard Canavan -- 8. The Irish migrant and film / Kevin Rockett -- 9. Irish dance world-wide: Irish migrants and the shaping of traditional Irish dance / John P. Cullinane -- 10. My love is in America: migration and Irish music / Graeme Smith. Subjects: National characteristics, Irish. Irish Foreign countries Intellectual life. Civilization, Modern Irish influences. 1 Kg.…

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Title
The Creative migrant / edited by Patrick O'Sullivan
Author
O'Sullivan, Patrick
Publisher
Leicester New York : Leicester University Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Publication year
1994
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0718501144
ISBN 13
9780718501143
Edition
1st edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram

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