Rockites, Magistrates and Parliamentarians: Governance and Disturbances in Pre-Famine Rural Munster

ISBN-13: 9780367594701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 178 str.

Shunsuke Katsuta

Opis

Early 19th-century Ireland witnessed widespread rural unrest, as laborers and smallholders formed secret societies demanding land reform, fair rents and the protection of wages. One of these groups - the Rockites - waged a campaign of arson and intimidation across the southern half of Ireland during the 1820s. Combining analyses of local and econom

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Rockites as Agrarian Disturbers  2. Rockite Organisation and Activities  3. The Political World of the Rockites  4. Rockites and the Government.  Conclusion: The Rockites in Context

O autorze

Shunsuke Katsuta is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo.