Cover; Political Imprisonment and the Irish, 1912-1921; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'What is Good Enough for the Suffragettes' Ireland, 1912-14; 2 'In Place of an Academy We Have a Jail' Ireland, Summer 1915-Easter 1916; 3 'Nowhere Else Does One Learn to Know a Colleague So Well' May 1916-June 1917; 4 'Hunger-Strike Mania' Ireland, June 1917-June 1918; 5 'The Same Walls & Doors & Gates & Persons' Internment (Britain) May 1918-March 1919; 6 'Out With the Warrants, Set On the G Men, Roll Up the Black Marias, Fill Up the Jails' June 1918-July 1919
7 'You Will Find They Will Climb Down' August 1919-June 19208 'The Tower of Hunger' August-November 1920; 9 'Home Rule within the Empire' November 1920-June 1921; 10 'Every Internee was a Centre of Disaffection' Truce to Treaty; 11 'The Gates are Thrown Open'; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary
An analysis of the impact of political prisoners during a period when prisons were at the heart of a series of contests in Irish history, including the violent campaign for Irish independence
