The United States government and the Irish
A Bibliographical Study of Research Materials in the U.S. National Archives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9981627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Homer L Calkin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1954 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 33 |
| Pages | 28-52 |
| Publication date | 1954-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021121400028522 |
| OpenAlex | W2503438039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The tide of Irish immigration to the United States, which reached its crest during and following the famine years of the eighteen-forties, was second only to that of the Germans in the nineteenth century. Consequently, the Irish immigrants who arrived by the hundreds of thousands and the succeeding generations of Irish-Americans became one of the most important national groups in the American population, at the same time maintaining a keen interest in their native land
Archaeology · Economic history · Ethnology · Famine · Genealogy · Government (linguistics · Immigration · Irish · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · History · Irish and British Studies
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1967 - 1982 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |