Receiving Erin's Children Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855

Name: Receiving Erin's Children Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855
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ISBN: 9780807848456

ISBN-10: 080784845X

ISBN-13: 9780807848456

Edition: 2000

Authors: J. Matthew Gallman

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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…

Book details

List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 5/29/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.066
Language: English

J. Matthew Gallman is the director of the prestigious Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.



Acknowledgments



Immigrants and Hosts



Migration and Reception



Poverty, Philanthropy, and Poor Relief



Hospitals, Cholera, and Medical Care



Environmental Reform



Sectarian Conflicts: Churches and Schools



Street Violence and the Pursuit of Public Order


Conclusion


Notes


Index