Reviews
" Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is . . . a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."-- Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review, "This is a brilliant history of British imperial white racism and Irish resistance to it--and cooperation with it--in Ireland and the United States. From Frederick Douglass and Daniel O'Connell in the nineteenth century to Marcus Garvey and Liam Mellows in the twentieth, we are given here a pathbreaking account of a still unfinished struggle." --Seamus Deane, Keough Emeritus Professor of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is . . . a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ---Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review, "This is . . . a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity."-- Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology. ---Michael de Nie, American Historical Review, "The whole book . . . rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts . . . this book enriches our understanding." ---Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies, "This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology."-- Michael de Nie, American Historical Review, "This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology." ---Michael de Nie, American Historical Review, "This is . . . a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity." ---Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, His book is a welcome and important addition to the subject of Irish nationalism. ---Sean Farrell Moran, Historian, For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point. ---David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies,, This is . . . a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity. ---Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, "Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity."-- Lar Joye, History Ireland, Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity. ---Lar Joye, History Ireland, "This fine work of scholarship makes a valuable contribution to the literature on Irish nationalism and the history of nationalism generally. Nelson offers a cogent critique of those Irish nationalists who were so caught up in their own narrow nationalistic grievances that any sympathetic engagement with other reform movements was ruled out." --Cormac Ó Gráda, author of Famine: A Short History, "Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity." --Lar Joye, History Ireland, "His book is a welcome and important addition to the subject of Irish nationalism." --Sean Farrell Moran, Historian, "For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point." --David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies, "The whole book . . . rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts . . . this book enriches our understanding." --Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies, " Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is . . . a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." ---Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review, "Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity." ---Lar Joye, History Ireland, "This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology." --Michael de Nie, American Historical Review, The whole book . . . rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts . . . this book enriches our understanding. ---Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies, " Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is . . . a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." --Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review, "This is . . . a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity." --Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, "For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point." ---David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies, "For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point." ---David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies,, "His book is a welcome and important addition to the subject of Irish nationalism." ---Sean Farrell Moran, Historian, "The whole book . . . rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts . . . this book enriches our understanding."-- Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies, "This fine and learned study is based on prodigious reading, presented in a compelling manner, and overall is a most impressive performance. I have immense admiration for it." --J. Joseph Lee, New York University
