| Description |
xiii, 688 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents : Prologue: varieties of Irishness. -- 1. 'Wild shamrock manners': Ireland in 1600. -- 2. 'Nationalism' and recusancy. -- 3. Plantation: theory and practice. -- 4. Confederate Ireland. -- 5. Cromwellian Ireland. -- 6. Restoration Ireland. -- 7. Shipwreck and deliverance: the foundations of ascendancy. -- 8. The ascendancy mind. -- 9. Economy, society and the 'hidden' Irelands. -- 10. The structure of politics. -- 11. Americans, volunteers and the politics of 'patriotism'. -- 12. 'Enthusiasm defying punishment': revolution, republicanism and reaction. -- 13. The mobilization of popular politics. -- 14. The famine: before and after. -- 15. Ireland abroad. -- 16. Land, politics and nationalism. -- 17. The politics of Parnellism. -- 18. The 'new' nationalism. -- 19. War and revolution. -- 20. The takeover. -- 21. In a free state. -- 22. The de Valera dispensation. -- 23. 'Modern' Ireland? |
| Summary |
A history of Ireland from 1600 through 1972, examining its social, cultural, economic, and political factors |
| Analysis |
Ireland -- History -- 1691- |
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Ireland -- History -- 17th century |
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Ireland, history |
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Ireland,. history |
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PRECIS:Ireland, history |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [643]-662 |
| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- History -- 1691- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068011
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Ireland -- History -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067999
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| LC no. |
89118698 |
| ISBN |
0140132503 (paperback) |
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0713990104 |
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