Irish nationalists and the making of the Irish race

Irish nationalists and the making of the Irish race

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Bruce 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press c2012
Series:This is a book about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. Bruce Nelson begins with an exploration of the discourse of race--from the nineteenth--century belief that ""race is everything"" to the more recent argument that there are no races. He focuses on how English observers constructed the ""native"" and Catholic Irish as uncivilized and savage, and on the racialization of the Irish in the nineteenth century, especially in Britain and the United States, where Irish immigrants were often portrayed in terms that had been applied main
Subjects:
Irish > Ethnic identity
National characteristics, Irish
Race > History
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Call Number: DA925 N45 2012
Accession Item Category Format Status Notes
1000162930 Electronic Resource Electronic Book Available

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