Compassionate stranger : Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine

Compassionate stranger Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine

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1. Verfasser: Murphy, Maureen O'Rourke (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York Syracuse Univ. Press 2015
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Irish studies
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Nicholson, Asenath / 1792-1855 > Nicholson, Asenath > Geschichte 1800-1900 > Missionaries / United States / 19th century / Biography > Philanthropists / United States / 19th century / Biography > Geschichte > Ireland / History / Famine, 1845-1852 > Irland > USA > Biografie
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index
Chronology -- Prologue -- Puritan beginnings on the Vermont frontier -- Social gospels, garrets, and cellars : the New York years, 1831-44 -- An errand in the wilderness : Nicholson in Ireland in 1844 -- "A city on a hill," 1845 -- "If this cup may not pass away from me" : Nicholson begins her famine mission -- "Misery without mask" : Mayo in the winter of 1847-48 -- Back to Cork : "Ireland, I love thee still," 1848 -- Peace and progress, 1848-52 : Nicholson in the UK and on the Continent -- Peace and progress, 1850-51 : lights and shades of Ireland -- Last years -- Afterword
Beschreibung:xxv, 366 p.
Ill., Kt.
24 cm
ISBN:9780815610441
978-0-8156-1044-1
9780815652892
978-0-8156-5289-2