The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland

ISBN-13: 9781107095588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 648 str.

Eugenio F. Biagini; Mary E. Daly

Opis

This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective.

Recenzje

'Editors Biagini and Daly have achieved their goal of providing a synthesis of the best recent scholarship in Irish social history, making this excellent book an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and researchers. Essential.' A. H. Plunkett, Choice

Spis treści

Editors' introduction; Part I. Geography, Occupations and Social Classes: 1. Irish demography since 1740 J. Fitzgerald; 2. Occupation, poverty and social class in pre-famine Ireland 1740–1850 P. Solar; 3. Famine and famine relief 1740–2000 Mary E. Daly; 4. Languages and identities G. Ó. Tuathaigh; 5. Catholic Ireland 1740–2016 C. Barr and D. Ó. Corráin; 6. Protestant Ireland 1740–2016 A. Holmes and Eugenio F. Biagini; 7. Town and city D. Dickson; 8. The farmers since 1850 P. Rouse; 9. The Irish working class and the role of the state, 1850–2016 H. Patterson; 10. The Big House T. Dooley; 11. Elite formation, the professions, industry and the middle-class J. Ruane and J. Todd; Part II. People, Culture and Communities: 12. Consumption, living standards and the state A. Bielenberg and J. O'Hagan; 13. Housing in Ireland 1740–2016 E. Rowley; 14. Feast, famine and food poverty: food in Ireland, 1740 to the present J. Adelman; 15. Literacy and education C. O'Neill; 16. Health and welfare C. Cox; 17. Old age, death and mourning P. Lysaght; 18. Celebrations and the rituals of life D. Ó Giolláin; 19. Women and gender roles D. Urquhart and L. Earner Byrne; 20. Childhood S. A. Buckley and S. Riordan; 21. Family, sex and the law M. Luddy; 22. Crime and policing M. Finnane and I. O'Donnell; 23. Sport, associational culture and national awareness in Ireland W. Murphy; Part III. Emigration, Immigration and the Wider Irish World: 24. Irish emigration in a comparative perspective K. Kenny; 25. The diaspora in comparative and inter-generational perspective B. Walter; 26. Minorities Eugenio F. Biagini; 27. Political violence and the diasporas since 1740 C. Nic Dháibhéid; 28. The Irish in Australia and New Zealand A. McCarthy; 29. Mobility, money and nostalgia: the Irish in America T. Meagher; 30. The Irish in Britain R. Swift and S. Campbell; 31. Missionary empires and the worlds they made S. Roddy; 32. Cultural transmission, the Irish associational culture and the 'marching' tradition J. MacPherson; 33. Immigration, emigration and the cultural impact of the 'new' Irish since 1991 I. Glynn; Epilogue: remembering and forgetting in Irish history G. Beiner and E. O'Halpin.