Racism In The Irish ExperienceIreland’s unique position as the only state in the European Union to have been colonised, coupled with the ambivalent experiences of Irish people within the British Empire, means that issues of ‘race’ in Ireland are overlaid by complex social and historical forces. This book is a unique analysis of the racialisation of Irish identities. The author examines key phases in the historical development of an Irish 'racial' consciousness, including 16th century colonisation and 19th century immigration to America and Great Britain. He then examines the legacy of this relationship, both in terms of the new migration into Ireland and relations with indigenous minorities -- travellers and Irish Jews. Garner explores the problematic links between nationalist ideologies and racism. He assesses the economic, social and political factors framing the experience of minorities in contemporary Ireland, and places these in a broader European context. |
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... seen as a potential source for bringing the ' wild ' Irish into civilised governance . The relationship to land ownership and cultivation was to become the justification par excellence of the colonisation , with claims to the concept of ...
... seen as a potential source for bringing the ' wild ' Irish into civilised governance . The relationship to land ownership and cultivation was to become the justification par excellence of the colonisation , with claims to the concept of ...
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... seen in the next chapter . CONCLUSION The Irish in nineteenth - century America could therefore be seen as carriers of an inferior , less - civilised culture , and compared unfavourably to blacks in terms of their readiness for full ...
... seen in the next chapter . CONCLUSION The Irish in nineteenth - century America could therefore be seen as carriers of an inferior , less - civilised culture , and compared unfavourably to blacks in terms of their readiness for full ...
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... seen as being settled in the most insalubrious conditions , but also as comprising a disproportionate amount of the vagrant ( that is , mobile ) population , where this represented a different moral menace . Jones ( 1982 : 178 ) ...
... seen as being settled in the most insalubrious conditions , but also as comprising a disproportionate amount of the vagrant ( that is , mobile ) population , where this represented a different moral menace . Jones ( 1982 : 178 ) ...
Contents
Table | 2 |
Suggested Specific Characteristics of Irish Racism | 28 |
Indicators of Potential Labour Supply | 37 |
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