Description
Book SynopsisSituates the Irish experience within both the historical development of an Irish 'racial' consciousness and contemporary patterns of migration
Trade Review'A timely reminder for anyone concerned with the directions Irish civic society is taking' -- Mic Moroney
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
1. Sociological Frameworks For Understanding Racism
2. Money, Migrations And Attitudes
3. Racing The Irish In The 16th And 17th Centuries
4. The ‘Filthy Aristocracy Of Skin’: Becoming White In The USA
5. In The Belly Of The Beast: 19th Century Britain, Empire And The Role Of ‘Race’ In Home Rule
6. Other People’s Diasporas: The Racialisation Of The Refugee Issue
7. New Racism, Old Racisms And The Role Of Migratory Experience
8. ‘Remember Blanqui?’: Nation-State, Community And Some Paradoxes Of Anti-Racism
9. Beyond The New Socio-Economic ‘Pale’: Racialisation And Belonging In Contemporary Ireland
10. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Definitions Of GDP, Etc.
Appendix 2. Definitions Of Poverty
Appendix 3. Surveys On Attitudes Towards Minorities And Minorities Experiences Of Racism-Discrimination In The Republic Of Ireland, 1972-2001
Appendix 4. Address From The People Of Ireland To Their Countrymen And Countrywomen In America, 1842
Appendix 5. Tables On Italians’ Attitudes Toward Migrants
Bibliography
Index
