{"product_id":"irelands-exiled-children-america-and-the-easter-rising-9780190224288","title":"Ireland's Exiled Children: America and the Easter Rising","description":"In their long struggle for independence from British rule, Irish republicans had long looked west for help, and with reason. The Irish-American population in the United States was larger than the population of Ireland itself, and the bond between the two cultures was visceral. Irish exiles\u003cbr\u003eliving in America provided financial support-and often much more than that-but also the inspiration of example, proof that a life independent of England was achievable. Yet the moment of crisis-terrible beauty, as William Butler Yeats put it-came in the armed insurrection during Easter week 1916.\u003cbr\u003e Ireland's exiled children in America were acknowledged in the Proclamation announcing the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic, a document which circulated in Dublin on the first day of the Rising. The United States was the only country singled out for offering Ireland help. Yet the\u003cbr\u003emoment of the uprising was one of war in Europe, and it was becoming clear that America would join in the alliance with France and Britain against Germany. For many Irish-Americans, the choice of loyalty to American policy or the Home Rule cause was deeply divisive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on original archival research, \u003cem\u003eIreland's Exiled Children\u003c\/em\u003e brings into bold relief four key figures in the Irish-American connection at this fatal juncture: the unrepentant Fenian radical John Devoy, the driving force among the Irish exiles in America; the American poet and journalist Joyce\u003cbr\u003eKilmer, whose writings on the Rising shaped public opinion and guided public sympathy; President Woodrow Wilson, descended from Ulster Protestants, whose antipathy to Irish independence matched that to British imperialism; and the only leader of the Rising not executed by the British-possibly\u003cbr\u003ebecause of his having been born in America--Éamon de Valera. Each in his way contributed to America's support of and response to the Rising, informing the larger narrative and broadly reflecting reactions to the event and its bitter aftermath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging and absorbing, Schmuhl's book captures through these figures the complexities of American politics, Irish-Americanism, and Anglo-American relations in the war and post-war period, illuminating a key part of the story of the Rising and its hold on the imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Schmuhl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190224288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Schmuhl\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair in American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame. He served as the inaugural Naughton Distinguished Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, was on the faculty of Notre Dame's London Centre, and was the first\u003cbr\u003eJohn Hume Visiting Research Fellow at University College Dublin. Schmuhl is the author or editor of eleven books, including \u003cem\u003eStatecraft and Stagecraft: American Political Life in the Age of Personality\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Demanding Democrac\u003c\/em\u003ey, \u003cem\u003eThomas Jefferson: America's Philosopher-King \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWounded Titans: American\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresidents and the Perils of Power\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39927189143667,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3ad444ee-7457-4891-9577-ca53b8c3c850.jpg?v=1647523805","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/irelands-exiled-children-america-and-the-easter-rising-9780190224288","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}