- 260 pages
- English
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About this book
While the impacts of Irish emigration to America following the Great Famine of 1845–1852 have been well studied, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to the effects of reverse migration on Irish culture, society, and politics. Inspired by the work of historian David P. B. Fitzpatrick (1948–2019) and forming a companion to his final published work The Americanisation of Ireland: Migration and Settlement 1841–1925 (Cambridge, 2019), this volume explores the influence of America in shaping Ireland's modernisation and globalisation. The essays use the concept of Americanisation to explore interdisciplinary themes of material culture, marketing, religion, politics, literature, cinema, music, and folklore. America in Ireland reveals a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Irish society that was more cosmopolitan than previously assumed, in which 'Returned Yanks' brought home new-fangled notions of behaviour and activities and introduced their families to American products, culture and speech. In doing so, this book demonstrates the value of a transnational and global perspective for understanding Ireland's history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Imprints page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Americanisation as a Framework for Irish Historical Studies
- 1 Reflections on the Meaning of America in Irish Emigrant Material Culture, 1845–1925
- 2 Marketing the Transatlantic Emigrant Crossing: American Shipping Firms’ Influence on Commercial Propaganda on the Irish Market
- 3 The Spiritual Empire Strikes Back: Americanisation and Religion in Ireland, 1841–1925
- 4 Americanisation in Irish Politics, c. 1850–1925
- 5 The Literary Americanisation of Ireland, 1841–1925
- 6 American Popular Visual Culture and Ireland, 1840s–1920s
- 7 ‘American Notes’: Rethinking Irish Cultural Paradigms
- 8 Representations of the Returned Yank in the Emigration to America Questionnaire, 1955
- Afterword: David Fitzpatrick, Influencer
- Index