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The slender thread : Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860 / Willeen Keough.

  • Keough, Willeen G., 1955-
Date:
c2009
  • E-books
  • Online

About this work

Also known as

Slender thread (Online)
The Slender Thread: Irish Women on the Southern Avalon, 1750-1860

Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.

Series

  • ACLS Humanities Ebooks
  • Gutenberg-e series

Contributors

  • Keough, Willeen G., 1955-

Languages

  • English

Subjects

  • IrishNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory18th century
  • IrishNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory19th century
  • Women immigrantsNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory
  • Working class womenNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory
  • Sex roleNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory
  • Fishing villagesNewfoundland and LabradorAvalon PeninsulaHistory
  • Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)Social life and customs18th century
  • Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)Social life and customs19th century
  • Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)Emigration and immigrationHistory
  • IrelandEmigration and immigrationHistory

Holdings

  • Full text available: 2009.
Available in ACLS Humanities Ebooks.

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780231506939 (online)

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