Demography, State and Society: Irish Migration to Britain, 1921-1971 Volume 209

by Enda Delaney

Book Overview

Enda Delaney argues that migration to Britain was qualitatively different from that to North America and that transience was the overriding characteristic of Irish migrant experience in the twentieth century. He provides an analysis of reasons for large-scale migration, in the process answering the important question of why so many people left Ireland. Demography, State and Society focuses on a number of vital themes, many rarely mentioned in previous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773522131
• ISBN13: 9780773522138
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"