Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and ConformityThe text, though lively and entertaining, is closely argued, bringing a refreshing intellectual rigour to a field too often bedevilled by sharp-edged polemic or soft-focus romanticism. Its firm structure and distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches throw a searching light on how the twin imperatives of conflict and conformity have shaped the lives of Irish men and women in the past two centuries. These insights are not only of interest in themselves, but are of compelling contemporary relevance: in few places does the past obtrude so inescapably on the present as it does in Ireland, and nowhere else, perhaps, has that past been subjected to such intense analysis in modern times. Ireland since 1800 does justice to both dimensions, and its reworking will be warmly welcomed by old admirers and new readers alike. |
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The immediate consequence of 1798 was the passing two years later of the Act
of Union . 16 Although at first resisted by a superficially curious alliance of
Orangemen ( who feared it would expose their sectarian activities to a wider and
less ...
The immediate consequence of 1798 was the passing two years later of the Act
of Union . 16 Although at first resisted by a superficially curious alliance of
Orangemen ( who feared it would expose their sectarian activities to a wider and
less ...
Page 147
150 A few months later , amid scenes of emotion and excitement , thousands of
Ulstermen signed a Solemn League and Covenant against Home Rule , and thus
, as nationalists too so often had done , combined present politics and historical ...
150 A few months later , amid scenes of emotion and excitement , thousands of
Ulstermen signed a Solemn League and Covenant against Home Rule , and thus
, as nationalists too so often had done , combined present politics and historical ...
Page 267
Six years later a long campaign by the Irish Vigilance Association , the Catholic
Truth Society , and the Priests ' Social Guild , together with the labours of a
Committee on Evil Literature set up by the government , resulted in the
Censorship of ...
Six years later a long campaign by the Irish Vigilance Association , the Catholic
Truth Society , and the Priests ' Social Guild , together with the labours of a
Committee on Evil Literature set up by the government , resulted in the
Censorship of ...
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Contents
Innovation and Ambiguity | 11 |
Society Agrarian Crisis and Population Collapse | 36 |
Religion The Birthpangs of Modernity | 66 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and Conformity Studies in modern history |
| Author | K. Theodore Hoppen |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Longman, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0582322545, 9780582322547 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / Ireland |
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