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Author Nie, Michael de

Title The eternal Paddy : Irish identity and the British press, 1798-1882 / Michael de Nie
Published Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) : illustrations
Series History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
Contents 1798 and the Union -- The Great Famine, 1845-52 -- The Fenian Era, 1867-70 -- The Land War, 1879-82
Summary In The Eternal Paddy, Michael de Nie examines anti-Irish prejudice, Anglo-Irish relations, and the construction of Irish and British identities in nineteenth-century Britain. This book provides a new, more inclusive approach to the study of Irish identity as perceived by Britons and demonstrates that ideas of race were inextricably connected with class concerns and religious prejudice in popular views of both peoples. De Nie suggests that while traditional anti-Irish stereotypes were fundamental to British views of Ireland, equally important were a collection of sympathetic discourses and a self-awareness of British prejudice. In the pages of the British newspaper press, this dialogue created a deep ambivalence about the Irish people, an ambivalence that allowed most Britons to assume that the root of Ireland's difficulties lay in its Irishness. Drawing on more than ninety newspapers published in England, Scotland, and Wales, The Eternal Paddy offers the first major detailed analysis of British press coverage of Ireland over the course of the nineteenth century. This book traces the evolution of popular understandings and proposed solutions to the "Irish question," focusing particularly on the interrelationship between the press, the public, and the politicians. The work also engages with ongoing studies of imperialism and British identity, exploring the role of Catholic Ireland in British perceptions of their own identity and their empire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index
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Subject National characteristics, Irish -- Press coverage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
National characteristics, Irish -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 19th century
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Irish question.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland.
International relations
Irish question
National characteristics, Irish -- Foreign public opinion, British
Press coverage
Public opinion, British
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Presse
Irische Frage
Nationalbewusstsein
Berichterstattung
Irlandbild
Perswezen.
Ieren.
Berichtgeving.
Stereotypen.
05.33 journalism.
15.70 history of Europe.
Caractère national irlandais -- Opinion publique -- 19e siècle.
SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- 19th century -- Press coverage -- Great Britain
Ireland -- Press coverage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Ireland -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 19th century
Ireland -- Relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Relations -- Ireland
Subject Great Britain
Ireland
Großbritannien
Irland
Grande-Bretagne -- Opinion publique.
Irlande -- Dans la presse -- Grande-Bretagne.
Irlande -- Relations -- Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne -- Relations -- Irlande.
Irlande -- Opinion publique -- 19e siècle.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003020565
ISBN 0299186636
9780299186630
1283486032
9781283486033