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Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish Diaspora, 1750-1764
Benjamin Bankhurst
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Description for Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish Diaspora, 1750-1764
Hardcover. Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians. Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians.
Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137328199
SKU
V9781137328199
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Ref
99-15
About Benjamin Bankhurst
Benjamin Bankhurst is currently a Research Assistant on the Dissenting Academy Libraries project at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. He completed his PhD in history at King's College London and his research explores the interrelated histories of eighteenth-century Ireland and colonial North America resulting from mass migration.
Reviews for Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish Diaspora, 1750-1764
Winner of the 2014 Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Books, in association with the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) “Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish diaspora, 1750-1764 remains a stimulating study, and one which will be of interest not only to historians of migration or Ulster Presbyterianism but also to scholars of Ireland and empire.” (Jonathan Jeffrey ... Read more