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Author Mannion, Patrick, author.

Title A land of dreams : ethnicity, nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880-1923 / Patrick Mannion
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 46
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 46.
Contents Introduction: the Irish diaspora in comparative perspective -- The setting: St. John's, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Portland, Maine -- Everyday Irishness: associational life, 1880-1910 -- Charitable relief, the Land League, and home rule nationalism, 1880-1891 -- The changing face of ethnicity: waning nationalism and the Catholic Church -- Reinvented nationalism: the Third Home Rule Bill, the Ulster Crisis, and the First World War, 1911-1918 -- An ethnic resurgence: engagement with Irish nationalism, 1919-1923 -- Conclusion: understanding Irish ethnicity in the diaspora. Appendices : Occupational categories -- Biographical details of members of the Portland Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1912 -- Traceable members of the Portland Land League, 1881-1882 -- Provisional dominion council of the self-determined for Ireland League of Newfoundland, October 1920 -- Names and occupations of the 1920 Portland Friends of Irish Freedom Executive
Summary "Wherever they settled, immigrants from Ireland and their descendants shaped and reshaped their understanding of being Irish in response to circumstances in both the old and new worlds. In A Land of Dreams, Patrick Mannion analyzes and compares the evolution of Irish identity in three communities on the prow of northeastern North America: St John's, Newfoundland, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine, in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. These three port cities, home to diverse Irish populations in different stages of development and in different national contexts, provide a fascinating setting for a study of intergenerational ethnicity. Mannion traces how Irishness could, at certain points, form the basis of a strong, cohesive identity among Catholics of Irish descent, while at other times it faded into the background. Although there was a consistent, often romantic gaze across the Atlantic to the old land, many of the organizations that helped mediate large-scale public engagement with the affairs of Ireland - especially Irish nationalist associations - spread from further west on the North American mainland. Irish ethnicity did not, therefore, develop in isolation, but rather as a result of a complex interplay of local, regional, national, and transnational networks. This volume shows that despite a growing generational distance, Ireland remained "a land of dreams" for many immigrants and their descendants. They were connected to a transnational Irish diaspora well into the twentieth century."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 12, 2018)
Subject Irish -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Ethnic identity -- History
Irish -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Ethnic identity -- History
Irish Americans -- Maine -- Portland -- Ethnic identity -- History
Irish -- Maine -- Portland -- Ethnic identity -- History
Nationalism -- Ireland
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- North America.
Irish Americans -- Ethnic identity
Irish -- Ethnic identity
Nationalism
Ireland
Maine -- Portland
Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's
Nova Scotia -- Halifax
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773554054
077355405X
9780773554061
0773554068