Author: Sir Henry Augustus Robinson (bart.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Further Memories of Irish Life
Author: Sir Henry Augustus Robinson (bart.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England
Author: Mo MoultonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139917080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
To what extent did the Irish disappear from English politics, life and consciousness following the Anglo-Irish War? Mo Moulton offers a new perspective on this question through an analysis of the process by which Ireland and the Irish were redefined in English culture as a feature of personal life and civil society rather than a political threat. Considering the Irish as the first postcolonial minority, they argue that the Irish case demonstrates an English solution to the larger problem of the collapse of multi-ethnic empires in the twentieth century. Drawing on an array of new archival evidence, Moulton discusses the many varieties of Irishness present in England during the 1920s and 1930s, including working-class republicans, relocated southern loyalists, and Irish enthusiasts. The Irish connection was sometimes repressed, but it was never truly forgotten; this book recovers it in settings as diverse as literary societies, sabotage campaigns, drinking clubs, and demonstrations.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
Author: Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1586
Book Description
Falls Memories
Author: Gerry AdamsPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1568331916
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Falls Road looks completely different now from when Gerry Adams was a child living on it. Many of the businesses, houses, and landmarks have been demolished in favor of new developments. Even when Adams first wrote his memoir of Falls Road in 1982, many of these places were still around--a point Adams makes very clearly in his foreword to this most recent edition.
The Bookman
Author: Ireland in Transition, 1867-1921
Author: David George BoycePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415332575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This book explores the efforts made by British governments, Irish politicians, and Irish cultural organisations to master and shape Ireland in an age of increasingly rapid change, and explain the process and outcome of these endeavours.
Seventy Years of Irish Life
Author: William Richard Le FanuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Books for All
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Providence (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
On the Edge
Author: Diarmaid FerriterPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONSIDE NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish culture and the epitome of Irish romanticism, they have attracted generations of scholars, artists and filmmakers, from James Joyce to Robert O'Flaherty, looking for a way of life uncontaminated by modernity or materialism. But the reality for islanders has been a lot more complex. They faced poverty, hardship and official hostility, even while being expected to preserve an ancient culture and way of life. Writing in her 1936 autobiography, Peig Sayers, resident of Blaskets island, described it as 'this dreadful rock'. In 1841, there were 211 inhabited islands with a combined population of 38,000; by 2011, only 64 islands were inhabited, with a total population of 8,500. And younger generations continue to leave. By documenting the island experiences and the social, cultural and political reaction to them over the last 100 years, On the Edge examines why this exodus has happened, and the gulf between the rhetoric that elevated island life and the reality of the political hostility towards them.It uncovers, through state and private archives, personal memoirs, newspaper coverage, and the author's personal travels, the realities behind the "dreadful rocks", and the significance of the experiences of, and reactions to, those who were and remain, literally, on the very edge of European civilisation.