{"product_id":"the-coffin-ship-life-and-death-at-sea-during-the-great-irish-famine-9781479808762","title":"The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea During the Great Irish Famine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2022\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during the Great Famine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe standard story of the exodus during Ireland's Great Famine is one of tired clichés, half-truths, and dry statistics. In \u003ci\u003eThe Coffin Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking work of transnational history, Cian T. McMahon offers a vibrant, fresh perspective on an oft-ignored but vital component of the migration experience: the journey itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 1845 and 1855, over two million people fled Ireland to escape the Great Famine and begin new lives abroad. The so-called \"coffin ships\" they embarked on have since become infamous icons of nineteenth-century migration. The crews were brutal, the captains were heartless, and the weather was ferocious. Yet the personal experiences of the emigrants aboard these vessels offer us a much more complex understanding of this pivotal moment in modern history. Based on archival research on three continents and written in clear, crisp prose, \u003ci\u003e The Coffin Ship\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the emigrants' own letters and diaries to unpack the dynamic social networks that the Irish built while voyaging overseas. At every stage of the journey--including the treacherous weeks at sea--these migrants created new threads in the worldwide web of the Irish diaspora. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColored by the long-lost voices of the emigrants themselves, this is an original portrait of a process that left a lasting mark on Irish life at home and abroad. An indispensable read, \u003ci\u003eThe Coffin Ship \u003c\/i\u003emakes an ambitious argument for placing the sailing ship alongside the tenement and the factory floor as a central, dynamic element of migration history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCian T. McMahon \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of History and Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Global Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race, Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-1880\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495175459090,"sku":"9781479808762","price":86.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7198915-af77-4b23-80bf-561e45879d6c.jpg?v=1730673260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coffin-ship-life-and-death-at-sea-during-the-great-irish-famine-9781479808762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}