War and an Irish Town

Informationen zum Autor Eamonn McCann is an Irish politician, journalist and political activist from Northern Ireland. He is the author of The Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Pluto, 2005), which became the classic account of the 1972 events. He is also the author of War and an Irish Town (Pluto, 1993). Klappentext 'An essential reference work for those interested in the roots of the conflict in the North.' Irish Post'So honest, so human and so readable.' Irish Times'If you read no other book on modern Ireland you should read this one.' New SocietyEamonn McCann's account of what it is like to grow up a Catholic in a Northern Irish ghetto was first published in 1974. It quickly became a recognised as a classic account of the feelings generated by British rule. The author was at the centre of events in Derry which first brought Northern Ireland to world attention. He witnessed the gradual transformation of the civil rights movement from a mild campaign for 'British Democracy' to an all-out military assault on the British state. This new edition updates the last edition (1980) with an additional introduction covering the last thirteen years. War and an Irish Town is a trenchant, powerful narrative which reaches an unequivocal conclusion: 'There can be no internal solution to the Northern Ireland problem. The existence of the northern state is the problem'. Zusammenfassung Growing up in a Northern Irish ghetto

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eamonn McCann, McCann Eamonn
• Verlag: Pluto
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.1993
• EAN: 9780745307251
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-0725-1
• Seiten: 330
• Serien: Pluto Classics; Pluto Classics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Northern Ireland, Politics & government, British & Irish history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government