J Matthew Gallman

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Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855Paperback, 29 May 2000

Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
29 May 2000
ISBN-10
080784845X
ISBN-13
9780807848456

Description

Between 1845 and 1855, 2 million Irish men and women fled their famine-ravaged homeland, many to settle in large British and American cities that were already wrestling with a complex array of urban problems. In this innovative work of comparative urban history, Matthew Gallman looks at how two cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, met the challenges raised by the influx of immigrants.

Gallman examines how citizens and policymakers in Philadelphia and Liverpool dealt with such issues as poverty, disease, poor sanitation, crime, sectarian conflict, and juvenile delinquency. By considering how two cities of comparable population and dimensions responded to similar challenges, he sheds new light on familiar questions about distinctive national characteristics--without resorting to claims of "American exceptionalism." In this critical era of urban development, English and American cities often evolved in analogous ways, Gallman notes. But certain crucial differences--in location, material conditions, governmental structures, and voluntaristic traditions, for example--inspired varying approaches to urban problem solving on either side of the Atlantic.

Product Details

Author:
J Matthew Gallman
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 May 2000
Dimensions:
23.57 x 15.65 x 1.96 cm
ISBN-10:
080784845X
ISBN-13:
9780807848456
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
320
Weight:
453.59 gm

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