t complexes to all of the study areas. He then shows how the economies in the three areas are different but the houses were very much alike and almost identical. The outbuildings were more sensitive to economic change but were not influenced as greatly as the farm technology. Next Mannion discusses the different types of dwelling houses that were lived in by the Irish. He divides the houses into three basic types. He discusses the kind of houses lived in by the Irish in their homeland and then about the houses they lived in when they migrated to the New World. Illustrations are used to show the different types of houses the Irish immigrants lived in at the different study areas. The interior, like the furniture used in the houses, and the floor plans of the houses are then discussed next. Finally there is a summary of the transfer and adaptation of the Irish immigrants settling in the study areas. This section of the book gives a quick overview of the variations that took place in the different sections of eastern Canada from the time Irish immigrants lived in their homeland. He then points out how broad and complex the Atlantic migration is and how past studies have been too general in their discussions and there is a need for a more quantitative oriented analysis on this subject. I feel that there is a lot of good and effective information contained in this book. I believe that because the majority of this book is field inquiry and the information contained in it is more effective because it comes straight from the source. The personal interviews and the observations made in the book I believe, are very effective and descriptive. I also think this gives the study contained in the book more credibility. I think the information about how life was in Ireland and then how it was in the New World was especially interesting. I believe this because the Irish that immigrated to the eastern section of Canada just lef...
