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Iehs: Lucy Salyer Uncovers the History of Expatriation & the Fenian Brotherhood

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Scholar Lucy Salyer writes about Irish Americans who joined the Fenian Brotherhood around the time of the U.S. Civil War and the shifting ideas of allegiance, citizenship, and expatriation implicated in their story. Read the following books in this order: "The Irish American Social Club Whose Exploits in Their Homeland Sparked a New Understanding of Citizenship" and "Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship."

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)