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We are very pleased to announce that Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916, by William Jenkins, has won the Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI) 2013-2015 Book of the Year Award. The GSI Book Award is biannually awarded since 2010 for the best scholarly contribution to Irish Geography.
“Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916, is a work of substance in its length and scope and makes a distinctive contribution to Irish diaspora studies. William Jenkins documents in fascinating detail the lives of primarily Ulster Protestant immigrants in Toronto and primarily southern Irish Catholic immigrants in Buffalo, at a time of rapid development in both places. Critical insights are provided into institutions and practices among the first and second generation in local and national contexts and into their transnational relationships with Ireland. The socio-spatial dialectic that operates between cities and their residents and the distribution of power in operation are illustrated clearly. The text is highly readable and is well illustrated.” – Dr. Mary Cawley, Dept. of Geography, NUI Galway, 2016 GSI Book Awards Committee member
Congratulation to William Jenkins on this wonderful achievement! This is the fourth book award for Between Raid and Rebelllion.
By William Jenkins
A comparative study of Irish communities in a Canadian and an American city.
In Between Raid and Rebellion, William Jenkins compares the lives and allegiances of Irish immigrants and their descendants in one American and one Canadian city between the era of the Fenian raids and the 1916 Easter Rising. Highlighting the significance of immigrants from Ulster to Toronto and from Munster to Buffalo, he distinguishes what it meant to be Irish in a loyal dominion within Britain’s empire and in a republic whose self-confidence knew no bounds. Read more>
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