Receiving Erin's children : Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish famine migration, 1845-1855 / J. Matthew Gallman.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2000], ©2000.

xii, 306 pages ; 25 cm

Includes index and bibliographies.

Immigrants and hosts -- migration and reception -- poverty, philanthropy, and poor relief -- hospitals, cholera, and medical care -- environmental reform -- sectarian conflicts: churches and schools -- street violence and the pursuit of public order.