In comparison with North American or European historiography, debates about transnational history have been slower to arrive in Ireland, perhaps as a result of the national focus that characterized the revisionist debates that dominated Irish historiography in recent decades. However, the centrality of nation-state frameworks of analysis in history and social science research is being brought increasingly into question, and some recent interventions have advanced a transnational agenda in Irish history. Building on this recent work, this book argues that there is a straightforward case to be...
In comparison with North American or European historiography, debates about transnational history have been slower to arrive in Ireland, perhaps as a ...
In the 1880s a New York-based faction of militant Irish nationalists conducted the first urban bombing campaign in history, targeting symbolic public buildings in Britain with homemade bombs. This book investigates the people and ideas behind this spectacular new departure in revolutionary violence. Employing a transnational approach, the book reveals connections and parallels between the 'dynamiters' and other revolutionary groups active at the time and demonstrates how they interacted with currents in revolution, war and politics across Europe, the United States and the British Empire....
In the 1880s a New York-based faction of militant Irish nationalists conducted the first urban bombing campaign in history, targeting symbolic public ...
