Two Irelands Beyond the Sea: Ulster Unionism and America, 1880-1920
- ISBN-10
- 1789629365
- ISBN-13
- 9781789629361
- Category
- Home rule
- Language
- English
- Author
- Lindsey Flewelling
Description
This work uncovers the transnational movement by Ireland's unionists as they worked to maintain the Union during the Home Rule era. The text explores the political, social, religious, and Scotch-Irish ethnic connections between Irish unionists and the United States as unionists appealed to Americans for support and reacted to Irish nationalism.
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- 2018-11-01
- 278 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 2018
- 278 pages
- Paperback
- Reappraisals in Irish History
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