Kategoria BISAC: History >> Europe - Ireland

In May 1798 the United Irishmen instigated a rising against the British government of Ireland. which was put down over the summer months, and whose leaders died or were imprisoned. Among them was Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the best-known contemporary Irish nationalists. This major edition of Wolfe Tone's writings consists mainly of Tone's correspondence, diaries, autobiography, pamphlets, public addresses and miscellaneous memoranda (both personal and public). Volume I covers Tone's youth, from his baptism in 1763, his university years, and his early career as a barrister and increasingly...

The essays in The I.R.A. at War propose a new history of this Irish revolution: one that encompasses the whole of the island as well as Britain, all of the violence and its consequences, and the entire period from the Easter Rising to the end of the Civil War. Using new research and questioning old assumptions, these sparkling essays by Peter Hart address these and other controversies to suggest new ways of looking at the history of the Irish Revolution of 1916-23.

Ireland is one of the nations of the Western World in which industrialization was longest delayed. In these papers, sociologists, economists, and political scientists analyze various aspects of the industrial society that has developed in Ireland with particular speed since the 1960s. They discuss the typicality or "exceptionalism" of the Irish experience, critically examining its relevance for current theories of "modernization" and industrialism.

Written by a leading group of scholars, this unique volume examines post-Agreement Northern Ireland. It compares Northern Ireland with societies in four continents that are also divided, showing that comparative analysis is essential for understanding the dynamics of Northern Ireland's conflict, ethnic conflict in general, and conflict management.

Yn ymestyn o'r Oesoedd Ia hyd y dwthwn hwn, mae'r gyfrol feistrolgar hon yn olrhain hanes gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol y rhan honno o'r byd y daethpwyd i'w hadnabod fel Cymru. Dyma'r llyfr sy'n egluro pam, 'er gwaethaf pawb a phopeth, 'rydym yma o hyd'. Yn yr astudiaeth ddiffiniol hon o hanes Cymru, trafodir bryn gaerau cynhanesyddol, olion Rhufeinig, gorchestion a methiannau tywysogion yr Oesoedd Canol, y Diwygiad Protestannaidd, datblygiad Anghydffurfiaeth, y Chwyldro Diwydiannol, twf yr ymdeimlad cenedlaethol, streiciau'r glowyr a'r ymgyrch i ennill ymreolaeth. Yn yr argraffiad...