Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: An Atlantic Triangle 1
5. 1. Challenging the Union: American Repeal and U.S. Diplomacy 11
6. 2. Ireland Is No Longer a Nation: The Irish Famine and American Diplomacy 39
7. 3. Filibusters and Fenians: Contesting Neutrality 69
8. 4. The Fenian Brotherhood, Naturalization, and Expatriation: Irish Americans and Anglo-American Comity 97
9. 5. Toward Home Rule: From the Fenians to Parnell’s Ascendancy 129
10. 6. A Search for Order: The Decline of the Irish Question in American Diplomacy 153
11. Epilogue: Rapprochement, Paris, and a Free State 175
12. Notes 187
13. Bibliography 243
14. Index 259