Vaughan renews perspectives on the changes brought about by Irish migrant communities in terms of identity, politics and religion. The book examines on the experience of generations of Irish migrants in the West of Scotland from the aftermath of the Great Famine until the creation of the Republic of Ireland.

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Geraldine Vaughan is a Lecturer in Modern British History at the English Studies Department, University of Rouen (Normandy), France.

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Book Title: The 'Local' Irish in the West of Scotland 1851-1921
Authors: Geraldine Vaughan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137329844
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32983-7Published: 20 August 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32984-4Published: 20 August 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 151
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Development Studies, Migration, Cultural History, Modern History

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