Irish: Pre-Civil War

IR088  The Irish In The South 1815-1877
David T. Gleeson
 RThe Irish integrated into southern society without abandoning their ethnic identity.  Unlike the Irish in other parts of the U.S., the Irish in the South had to fit into a regional culture as well as American culture in general.  The only comprehensive study of Irish immigrants in the 19th century South, this book makes a valuable contribution to the story of the Irish in America.  Paper.  278 pp.  $19.95
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IB036   A Military History of Ireland    
ed. by T. Bartlett & K. Jeffery
A major, fully-illustrated collaborative study of  organized military activity and its broad impact on Ireland over the last thousand years. Hardcover  592 pp.  115 halftones, 8 maps.   Amazon price $90  
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IR075  Elizabeth's Irish Wars   Cyril Falls
The reign of Elizabeth I will always be remembered for the Armada.  But it was the Irish, not the Spanish, who came closest to destroying the security of the Elizabethan state.  Between 1560 and 1602, only superior military force--allied with ruthless subjugation--preserved England's throne against a succession of rebellions and uprising throughout Ireland.  Paper.
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IR077P  How The Irish Saved Civilization.  The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe   
Thomas Cahill
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne--the "dark ages"--learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent.  The great heritage of Western civilization--from the Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works--would have been utterly lost were it not for the holy men and women of unconquered Ireland.  $14  Paper.  110 pp.   
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IR069   The Summer Soldiers.  The 1798 Rebellion in Antrim and Down    
A.T.Q. Stewart
The story of the momentous seven days when in Antrim and Down a shaky coalition of idealistic Presbyterians and Catholics tried to wrest power from the Ascendancy, in the cause of the Rights of Man and the independence of Ireland.  Paper.  294 pp.  
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IB046 Rogue's March.  John Riley & The St. Patrick's Battalion  1846-48   Peter Stevens
The controversial true story of the U.S. Army deserters-the majority of them Irish immigrants-who fought as a Mexican Army unit during the Mexican War. A great many Americans were involved in the organized prejudice against Irish Catholic and German immigrants known as Nativism.  Nowhere did this movement rage more harshly than in the U.S. Army where Irish immigrants filled nearly half the ranks.  Hardcover.  345 pp.
 Bookguy Price $27.50
 

IR035   Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South.
A provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and the North throughout American history.  Paper. 290 pp.  $22.95
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NY002P  Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825-1863.  
R. Ernst.   
This book describes the formation of "foreign" sections within the city and covers the complex effects produced by church, school, foreign-language press and libraries. Paper. 353 pp. 
Bookguy price  $19.95
 

IR040   Celtic Warrior Chiefs.      Mathews & Stewart
Follow the lives and legends of four prominent warriors across ten centuries of the intriguing fantasy and reality of Celtic history. Together, their exploits chart the peak and the decline of one of the most dedicated military civilizations that the world has ever seen. Paper. 192 pp. Out-of-print.  One copy left.  
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