Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and Conformity

ISBN-13: 9780582322547 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 360 str.

K Theodore Hoppen

Opis

The 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.

Spis treści

Map.  Introduction.  PART ONE UNDER STRAIN: FROM UNION TO FAMINE.  1. Politics: O'Conell Innovation and Ambiguity.  2. Society: Agrarian Crisis and Population Collapse.  3. Religion: The Birthpangs of Modernity.  PART TWO WINNERS AND LOSERS: FROM FAMINE TO PARTITION.  4. Society: Agricola Victor.  5. Politics: Nationalism and Localism.  6. Religion: Triumphs and Stockades.  PART THREE PROMISED LANDS: IRELAND SINCE 1921.  7. Politics: An Island Now Formally Divided.  8. Society: Stagnation, Boom, Slump, Boom.  9. Religion: Piety and its Spoils.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

K.Theodore Hoppen