Author: Sir William Ellis Hume-WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
A Short History of the Irish Parliament from 1782 to 1800
Author: Sir William Ellis Hume-WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History
Author: Alvin JacksonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199549346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history
The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 3, 1730–1880
Author: James KellyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110834075X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth century when that ascendancy was at its peak; and the nineteenth century when the Protestant elite sustained a determined rear-guard defence in the face of the emergence of modern Catholic nationalism. Employing a chronology that is not bound by traditional datelines, this volume moves beyond the familiar political narrative to engage with the economy, society, population, emigration, religion, language, state formation, culture, art and architecture, and the Irish abroad. It provides new and original interpretations of a critical phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland that, while focused firmly on the island and its traditions, moves beyond the nationalist narrative of the twentieth century to provide a history of late early modern Ireland for the twenty-first century.
Ireland
Author: Gustave de BeaumontPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674031113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Paralleling his friend Alexis de Tocqueville's visit to America, Gustave de Beaumont traveled through Ireland in the mid-1830s to observe its people and society. In Ireland, he chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the eve of the Great Famine. Published to acclaim in France, Ireland remained in print there until 1914. The English edition, translated by William Cooke Taylor and published in 1839, was not reprinted. In a devastating critique of British policy in Ireland, Beaumont questioned why a government with such enlightened institutions tolerated such oppression. He was scathing in his depiction of the ruinous state of Ireland, noting the desperation of the Catholics, the misery of repeated famines, the unfair landlord system, and the faults of the aristocracy. It was not surprising the Irish were seen as loafers, drunks, and brutes when they had been reduced to living like beasts. Yet Beaumont held out hope that British liberal reforms could heal Ireland's wounds. This rediscovered masterpiece, in a single volume for the first time, reproduces the nineteenth-century Taylor translation and includes an introduction on Beaumont and his world. This volume also presents Beaumont's impassioned preface to the 1863 French edition in which he portrays the appalling effects of the Great Famine. A classic of nineteenth-century political and social commentary, Beaumont's singular portrait offers the compelling immediacy of an eyewitness to history.
A Short History of Parliament
Author: Clyve JonesPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383717X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.
Ireland of To-day
Author: Ireland's History
Author: Kenneth L. CampbellPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 147256782X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Ireland's History provides an introduction to Irish history that blends a scholarly approach to the subject, based on recent research and current historiographical perspectives, with a clear and accessible writing style. All the major themes in Irish history are covered, from prehistoric times right through to present day, from the emergence of Celtic Christianity after the fall of the Roman Empire, to Ireland and the European Union, secularism and rapprochement with the United Kingdom. By avoiding adopting a purely nationalistic perspective, Kenneth Campbell offers a balanced approach, covering not only social and economic history, but also political, cultural, and religious history, and exploring the interconnections among these various approaches. This text will encourage students to think critically about the past and to examine how a study of Irish history might inform and influence their understanding of history in general.
Facts and Fictions in Irish History
Author: Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron BrabournePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Labour in Irish History
Author: James ConnollyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Irish Book Lover
Author: John Smyth CronePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description