Receiving Erin : Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855.

Receiving Erin : Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855.

During the Irish famine 2,000,000 Irish men and women fled their homeland to settle in large British and American cities already wrestling complex urban problems. This book examines how the cities of Liverpool and Philadelphia met the challenge of this influx of immigrants.

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Main Author: Gallman, J. Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Subjects:
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Irish > England > Liverpool > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > England > Liverpool > History > 19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Liverpool (England) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Liverpool (England) > Social conditions > 19th century.
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