Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855

Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855

by J.MatthewGallman (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 31 May 2000

ISBN 10: 080784845X
ISBN 13: 9780807848456