First published in 1985, this book explores the social history of the Irish in Britain across a variety of cities, including Bristol, York, Glasgow, Edinburgh a

This work is a sequel to The Irish Victorian City. As a collection of national and regional studies, it reflected the consensus view of the subject by describin

This book illustrates the diversity of the Irish experience by reference to studies of specific towns and regions which have hitherto received little attention

Victorian City is a study of the social and intellectual attitudes of Victorian society to the challenge of urbanization.

From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the st