badly received decision away. In chapters nine and ten, Australia’s engagement with Irish politics is explored, both in relation to views on Home Rule and also the experiences of Irish politicians who undertook speaking tours of Australia. Malcolm and Hall conclude the book with an epilogue on Irish Australia in the twenty-first century. They bring together many of the themes of the book by discussing Irish-Australian jokes. It seems that the same tropes and stereotypes always find their way back into public discourse. Throughout A New History of the Irish in Australia, Malcolm and Hall emphasise the work still to be done on the Irish in Australia while demonstrating how research into the Irish diaspora elsewhere can be used to make wider arguments about Ireland and transnational connections. At times, the emphasis on individual stories threatens the overall chapter arguments, making it feel like a collection of anecdotes. Where O’Farrell extrapolated the experiences of a few to the many, Malcolm and Hall go the other direction, particularly in the first section. However, this may be required to emphasise the heterogeneous nature of ‘the Irish in Australia’. Their wide sweep approach to those of Irish ancestry or birth, bringing together Catholic and Protestant, imperialists and republicans, and those living in urban centres and rural areas, emphasises the very problems which exist in talking about ‘the Irish in Australia’. This book stresses the mixed nature of the Irish diaspora and further expands our knowledge of Irish communities outside the United States and United Kingdom. It is therefore an important addition to the literature on both Ireland and Australia.

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书评：爱尔兰估价档案，1830-65 年

收到不好的决定。在第 9 章和第 10 章中，探讨了澳大利亚对爱尔兰政治的参与，包括对地方自治的看法以及在澳大利亚进行巡回演讲的爱尔兰政客的经历。马尔科姆和霍尔以 21 世纪爱尔兰澳大利亚的结语结束了这本书。他们通过讨论爱尔兰-澳大利亚的笑话将本书的许多主题结合在一起。似乎相同的比喻和刻板印象总是会回到公共话语中。在澳大利亚爱尔兰人的新历史中，马尔科姆和霍尔强调了澳大利亚爱尔兰人仍​​有待完成的工作，同时展示了如何利用对其他地方的爱尔兰侨民的研究来对爱尔兰和跨国联系进行更广泛的争论。有时，对个别故事的强调威胁到整个章节的论点，使它感觉像是轶事的集合。在 O'Farrell 将少数人的经历外推到多数人的地方，马尔科姆和霍尔走向了另一个方向，尤其是在第一部分。然而，这可能需要强调“澳大利亚的爱尔兰人”的异质性。他们对爱尔兰血统或出身者的广泛研究，将天主教和新教徒、帝国主义者和共和党人以及居住在城市中心和农村地区的人聚集在一起，强调了谈论“澳大利亚的爱尔兰人”时存在的问题。这本书强调了爱尔兰侨民的混合性质，并进一步扩展了我们对美国和英国以外的爱尔兰社区的了解。