Ireland since 1800: Conflict and ConformityThe second edition of this bestselling survey of modern Irish history covers social, religious as well as political history and offers a distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches. |
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... involved. For many people it is, indeed, the approach adopted by the writers of the early nineteenth century which still holds sway and, by virtue of having done so for almost two hundred years, gives continued energy to sectarian ...
... involved. For many people it is, indeed, the approach adopted by the writers of the early nineteenth century which still holds sway and, by virtue of having done so for almost two hundred years, gives continued energy to sectarian ...
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... involved in political life after the AngloIrish Treaty of 1921. To talk, therefore, about the 'Irish people can be profoundly misleading. The Land War, to take just one example, involved, not an undifferentiated people', but individuals ...
... involved in political life after the AngloIrish Treaty of 1921. To talk, therefore, about the 'Irish people can be profoundly misleading. The Land War, to take just one example, involved, not an undifferentiated people', but individuals ...
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... involved. Many rank-and-file Defenders knew little of republics and cared less. Some merely wanted arms, others were motivated by the possibility of exciting activity for its own sake – a strand of attraction generated by almost all ...
... involved. Many rank-and-file Defenders knew little of republics and cared less. Some merely wanted arms, others were motivated by the possibility of exciting activity for its own sake – a strand of attraction generated by almost all ...
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... involved in achieving any kind of all-Ireland mobilization were substantial from the very start and grew ever more so during the two years before 1798. While those with some kind of interest in rebellion were numerous enough, their ...
... involved in achieving any kind of all-Ireland mobilization were substantial from the very start and grew ever more so during the two years before 1798. While those with some kind of interest in rebellion were numerous enough, their ...
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... involved in a national campaign.” In particular, the priesthood became politicized and was henceforth to constitute a much more formally important element in Irish politics as a whole. Always keenly aware of knife-and-fork realities, O ...
... involved in a national campaign.” In particular, the priesthood became politicized and was henceforth to constitute a much more formally important element in Irish politics as a whole. Always keenly aware of knife-and-fork realities, O ...
Contents
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9 | |
Winners and Losers From Famine to
Partition | 87 |
Promised Lands Ireland since 1921 | 185 |
Bibliography | 291 |
Index | 333 |
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