The Irishman In Canada

By Nicholas Flood Davin

Book Overview

Before Canada was a nation, Irish voices were already shaping its laws, its streets, and its sense of itself. Their journey reshaped a nation. In The Irishman in Canada, Victorian journalist and parliamentarian Nicholas Flood Davin offers a sweeping 19th century immigration study that traces how Irish immigrants in Canada navigated hardship, faith, politics, and prejudice while helping build a new country. Blending parliamentary narrative, local anecdote and sharp commentary, this classic diaspora nonfiction work follows the Irish contribution to Canada from early colonial settlements through Confederation and high Victorian era Canada, placing it within the wider Irish diaspora North America and the currents of British Empire colonial history. At once patriotic and candid, Davin's account stands as a landmark irish canadian history book and a vivid piece of Canadian ethnic history, invaluable for Canadian history students, general readers, and as a deep resource for genealogy researchers tracing Irish roots across provinces and generations. Written from within the 19th century Irish-Canadian community itself, it preserves voices, attitudes and conflicts that later Irish in America history could only summarise, giving modern readers and classic-literature collectors a rare window into how identity, religion and loyalty intertwined on a rapidly changing frontier. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354419097
• ISBN13: 9789354419096
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 716 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"