Irish migrant responses to urban life in early nineteenth-century Manchester.

From: The Geographical Journal | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: Busteed, M.A.; Hodgson, R.I. | Copyright information

Adjustment to urban life can be a difficult process, particularly for migrants from a markedly rural background. Their responses constitute a key area of scholarly investigation into the urban experience of both past and contemporary societies. The large and volatile Irish migrant populations which were living in most British urban areas by the middle decades of the nineteenth century provide vivid case studies. This paper discusses how the Irish in Manchester, the first modem industrial city...

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