The best are leaving : emigration and post-war Irish culture / Clair Wills, Queen Mary, University of London.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9781316129067
- 1316129063
- 9781107261372
- 1107261376
- Irish -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Irish -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Irlandais -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Irlandais -- Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
- Irlande -- Émigration et immigration -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Irish
- Irish -- Social conditions
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- 1900-1999
- 304.809415 23
- DA125.I7
- LIT004120
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I Emigrants; Chapter 1 The Best Are Leaving; 'The Survival of the Unfittest'; 'The Moral Aspect of the Problem'; 'The Weakening of Our Nationality'; 'Luxurious Living and Modern Sanitation'; Chapter 2 Pink Witch; Toothpaste and Cosmetics; Toffs and the Poorer Type of Girl; 'Love and Things'; Part II Immigrants; Chapter 3 British Paddies; Ethnography and the Irish Male Immigrant; Turning a Shade Darker; Chapter 4 The Vanishing Irish.
The Deserving and the Undeserving PoorThe Bucklep; 'An Indefinably Natural Quality'; Chapter 5 Clay Is the Flesh; Afterword; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Television, Film and Radio; Newspapers, Journals and Magazines; Published Sources; Index.
Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is a study of representations of Irish emigrant culture and of Irish immigrants in Britain.
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