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The Irish through British Eyes: Perceptions of Ireland in the Famine Era
The Irish through British Eyes Perceptions of Ireland in the Famine Era
Author: Edward Lengel, Edward G. Lengel
The mainstream British attitude toward the Irish in the first half of the 1840s was based upon the belief in Irish improvability. Most educated British rejected any notion of Irish racial inferiority and insisted that under middle-class British tutelage the Irish would in time reach a standard of civilization approaching that of Britain. The aut...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780275976347
ISBN-10: 0275976343
Publication Date: 5/30/2002
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Praeger
Book Type: Hardcover
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