Receiving Erin's Children Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855 |
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| Author:
| Gallman, J. Matthew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2534-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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This work of comparative history looks at how two rapidly growing cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, coped with the urban challenges raised by the influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century.
This work of comparative history looks at how two rapidly growing cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, coped with the urban challenges raised by the influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century.