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This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.

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This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.

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A strong oral tradition together with a variety of literary works and other written records have given us a broad general knowledge of the cultural and political history of the Irish immigrants who settled in North America during the past four centuries.

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First paperback edition of the popular book about Irishmen who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Author is a well-known Civil War News columnist and author of the highly acclaimed Civil War Firearms.

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Explores the historical developments that shaped Irish identity and linked it so closely to Catholicism -- .

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Explores the historical developments that shaped Irish identity and linked it so closely to Catholicism -- .

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Considers the pre-eminent issue in British politics during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It provides an account the various self-government plans, places them in context and examines the motives for puttin gthe schemes forward.

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They reported wars, outraged monarchs and promoted the case for their country's freedom. The remarkable stories of reporters, proprietors and propagandists fill the pages of this original and engaging volume in which sixteen leading writers celebrate the emergence of Irish Journalism from 1800 to 1922. -- .

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They reported wars, outraged monarchs and promoted the case for their country's freedom. The remarkable stories of reporters, proprietors and propagandists fill the pages of this original and engaging volume in which sixteen leading writers celebrate the emergence of Irish Journalism from 1800 to 1922. -- .

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Discusses about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. This book begins with an exploration of the discourse of race - from the nineteenth - century belief that 'race is everything' to the argument that there are no races.

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This is a book about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. Bruce Nelson begins with an exploration of the discourse of race--from the nineteenth--century belief that "race is everything" to the more recent argument that there are no races. He focuses on how English observers constructed the "

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The first book-length treatment of an important Confederate regiment composed mostly of Irish immigrants who were involved in most of the important Civil War battles in the East.

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This volume fills a conspicuous gap in the literature by providing the first resource guide devoted solely to Irish research collections located on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

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This book analyses the roles that lay women and girls played in the evolution of Irish Catholicism and thus the creation of modern Irish identities. -- .

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The first comprehensive history of Irish women in medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It focuses on the debates surrounding women's admission to Irish medical schools, the geographical and social backgrounds of early women medical students, their educational experiences and subsequent careers. -- .

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From the American entry into World War II until September 1943, U.S. submarines experienced an abnormally high number of torpedo failures.

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A nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followers

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A nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followers

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This detailed treatment of Civil War ironclads in the broader context of world naval developments has sparked a debate among U.S. Naval strategists. Many readers will learn for the first time of the i

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In the fourth title in The Penguin Library of American Indian History, Shannon tells the story of the most influential Native American confederacy of the colonial era: the Iroquois.