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

Geographical Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-153

  Busteed, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'othering'; Alienation; Catholic church; Drunkenness; English nationalism; Hostile environment; Irish migrants; Manchester; Residential segregation; Violence

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030561952     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059872     Document Type: Article

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