{"product_id":"under-the-starry-flag-how-a-band-of-irish-americans-joined-the-fenian-revolt-and-sparked-a-crisis-over-citizenship-9780674251441","title":"Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis Over Citizenship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Myrna F. Bernath Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A stunning accomplishment...As the Trump administration works to expatriate naturalized U.S. citizens, understanding the history of individual rights and state power at the heart of Under the Starry Flag could not be more important.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePassport\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant piece of historical writing as well as a real page-turner. Salyer seamlessly integrates analysis of big, complicated historical questions--allegiance, naturalization, citizenship, politics, diplomacy, race, and gender--into a gripping narrative.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Kevin Kenny, author of \u003ci\u003eThe American Irish\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1867 forty Irish American freedom fighters, outfitted with guns and ammunition, sailed to Ireland to join the effort to end British rule. They were arrested for treason as soon as they landed. The Fenians, as they were called, claimed to be American citizens, but British authorities insisted that they remained British subjects. Following the Civil War, the Fenian crisis dramatized the question of whether citizenship should be considered an inalienable right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis gripping legal saga, a prelude to today's immigration battles, raises important questions about immigration, citizenship, and who deserves to be protected by the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalyer, Lucy E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lucy E. Salyer is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire and author of \u003ci\u003eLaws Harsh as Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Theodore Saloutos Book Award for the best book on immigration history. A former Constance E. Smith Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Salyer has received the Arthur K. Whitcomb Professorship for teaching excellence, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50479388623122,"sku":"9780674251441","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac864765-8788-4e47-bed4-71ed5f7bd7f5.jpg?v=1730310457","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-starry-flag-how-a-band-of-irish-americans-joined-the-fenian-revolt-and-sparked-a-crisis-over-citizenship-9780674251441","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}