Introduction
1: Leaving Home
2: In A Strange Land
3: People and Places
4: Cultures of Adjustment
5: A Sense of Self
Enda Delaney is Associate Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh.
`A compact, readable, but rigorous portrait of Britain's expatriate
Irish community from the late 1940s through the 1960s; it supplants
older studies... Highly recommended'
D. M. Cregier, Choice
`[a] sensitive study...a story of hardship and neglect but also of
success, social mobility and integration'
Matthew Kelly, London Review of Books
`an important addition to studies of the Irish abroad in the
twentieth century. It casts light not just on the experience of a
large number of Irish people but also examines how immigrants
relate to their new society'
Brian Walker, Irish Political Studies
`[An] original and erudite study, which draws on an impressive
range of primary sources... this fine book, scholarly yet
accessible... represents a significant contribution to the
historiography of the subject'
Roger Swift, Immigrants and Minorities
`An important book. Primarily it is a definitive history of one in
five Irish people in the post-war period and of the largest
emigrant group in post-war Britain...it also contributes hugely to
a better understanding of emigration generally, and not just in a
historical sense.'
Mícheál Ó Farthartaigh, Irish Journal.
`AccomplishedDelaney has worked tirelessly to plug an important
lacuna in our history knowledge.'
Sean O'Connell, Irish Historical Studies
`One of the great delights of the book is that it not only provides
the reader with ample details of what was happening in both Irish
and British society at the time, but it also presents a clear sense
of how these emigrants were different from their 19th century
predecessors and their post-war contemporariesThis is a great
read!'
Patricia O'Connor, Australasian Journal of Irish Studies
`[a] book which combines scholarly research and analysis with
terrific readabilityan enjoyable, accessible study for a more
general readership.'
Niamh Puirséil, Saothar: Journal of the Irish Labour History
Society
`excellent book ... a very accessible and readable text suitable
for a wide range of courses that address multicultural
Britain.'
Mary J Hickman, Family and Community History
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