The Columbia Guide to Irish American History

Abstract

The Columbia The Columbia guide to Irish American history / Timothy Meagher. 18 Jun 2018. Early American Newspapers. Over 700 historical newspapers from 23 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Series 1, 1690-1876: From Meagher pays special attention to Irish American families and the roles of men and women, the emergence of the Irish as a governing class in American politics, the paradox of their combination of fervent American patriotism and passionate Irish nationalism, and their complex and sometimes tragic relations with .

La emigración irlandesa decimonónica tras la gran hambruna, parte intrínseca del carácter irlandés

“…Su origen probablemente se encuentra en los Andes. Este parásito arruinó los cultivos de patatas en diversos países, lo que tendría graves consecuencias y llegaría a causar la muerte de millones de europeos y la migración de otros tantos más (Meagher, 2005). No se llegaría a encontrar un remedio contra este parásito hasta la década de 1890 (Fitzgerald, Lambkin, 2009, p. 176).…”

“…Sería aquel año cuando las autoridades británicas declararan oficialmente terminado el estado de emergencia. Sin embargo, la plaga volvió a aparecer y a finales de 1848 había destrozado nuevamente casi todas las plantaciones (Meagher, 2005). Sin patatas, su alimento básico, ni ningún otro tipo de substituto, los irlandeses no contaban con otro sustento y se calcula que falleció más de un millón de personas como consecuencia (Ranelagh, 1994).…”

“They Scorned Us for Being What We Are”: Irish identity, Civil Rights, and rhythm and blues on Cooke's Tour

“…Indeed, “Irish” music in America is arguably as much defined by tone and content as by point of origin. As Timothy Meagher () notes, the songs which resonated with Irish American communities often came from American vaudeville or Tin Pan Alley (p. 9). According to Timothy Scheurer (), these songs reflect American attitudes toward immigrants in general, often treating the Irish as punchlines, but their nostalgic tone—“the images of a green land kissed by angels and filled with simple values like home, mother, and an easy pace of life”—had broad appeal (p. 108).…”

Pigs, Green Whiskers, and Drunken Widows: Irish Nationalists and the “Practical Censorship” ofMcFadden's Row of Flatsin 1902 and 1903

“…The attack on the stage Irish was one part of this aggressive, ethnic revival. 43 Some 47 Around 1900 the Irish of Philadelphia maintained a dense network of Irish nationalist organizations with the same fissures that marked nationalist politics in Ireland and the United States -a competition between moderate or home-rule nationalists, who were largely middle-and upper-class Irish, and radical nationalists, who had a base of working-class, immigrant Irish men. 48 Radical nationalist organizations like the Clan na Gael expressed fiery resistance to home-rule nationalism as a '' betrayal of everything national. ''…”