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

Author/creator Keough, Willeen G., 1955-
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 542 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subject(s)
Irish--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History --18th century.
Irish--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History --19th century.
Women immigrants--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History.
Working class women--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History.
Sex role--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History.
Fishing villages--Newfoundland and Labrador --Avalon Peninsula --History.
Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)--Social life and customs --18th century.
Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)--Social life and customs --19th century.
Avalon Peninsula (N.L.)--Emigration and immigration --History.
Ireland--Emigration and immigration --History.
Series Gutenberg-e series
General note"This work is a partial representation of The Slender Thread by Willeen Keough, a multimedia work of scholarship published in the Gutenberg-e online history series. As such, this print edition does not include the images, maps or the index contained in the online edition."-- p.ii.
General noteThe 2009 reprinted edition contains the same ISBN as the 2008 edition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011459691
ISBN9780231132022 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231506939 (e-book)

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