Songs in a strange land - Ambiguities of identity amongst Irish migrants in mid-Victorian Manchester

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 627-665

  Busteed, Mervyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballads; Identity; Irish migrants; Manchester; Victorian era

Indexed keywords

BALLADS; CULTURAL HISTORY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IRISH IMMIGRANTS; NATIONALISM; VICTORIAN ERA;

UK, ENGLAND, GREATER MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER;

EID: 0031846650     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(97)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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