The Irish In Australia
Download and Read The Irish In Australia full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free The Irish In Australia ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
A New History of the Irish in Australia
Author | : Dianne Hall |
Publisher | : NewSouth |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2018-11-01 |
Genre | : SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 1742244394 |
Download A New History of the Irish in Australia Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Irish immigrants – although despised as inferior on racial and religious grounds and feared as a threat to national security – were one of modern Australia’s most influential founding peoples. In his landmark 1986 book The Irish in Australia, Patrick O’Farrell argued that the Irish were central to the evolution of Australia’s national character through their refusal to accept a British identity. A New History of the Irish in Australia takes a fresh approach. It draws on source materials not used until now and focuses on topics previously neglected, such as race, stereotypes, gender, popular culture, employment discrimination, immigration restriction, eugenics, crime and mental health. This important book also considers the Irish in Australia within the worldwide Irish diaspora. Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall reveal what Irish Australians shared with Irish communities elsewhere, while reminding us that the Irish–Australian experience was – and is – unique. ‘A necessary corrective to the false unity of the term “Anglo-Celtic”, this beautifully controlled and clear-sighted intervention is timely and welcome. It gives us not just a history of the Irish in Australia, but a skilful account of how identity is formed relationally, often through sectarian, class, ethnic and racial divisions. A masterful book.’ — Professor Rónán McDonald, University of Melbourne
A New History of the Irish in Australia Related Books
Pages: 448
Pages: 376
Pages: 378
Pages: 266
Pages: 354