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Informationen zum Autor Alan O'Day was a Fellow! Greyfriars Hall! University of Oxford. He continues to live quietly in the city of dreaming spires. His 35 books include The English Face of Irish Nationalism (Dublin! 1977)! Parnell and the First Home Rule Episode (Dublin! 1986) and Irish Home Rule! 1867-1921 (Manchester! 1998). With N. C. Fleming he edited Charles Stewart Parnell and His Times: A Bibliography (Santa Barbara! CA! 2011)! The Longman Handbook of Modern Irish History Since 1800 (London! 2005) and Ireland and Anglo-Irish Relations since 1800: Critical Essays (3 vols! Aldershot! 2008). He and John Stevenson edited Irish Historical Documents since 1800 (Dublin! 1992) and six volumes of original essays with D. George Boyce. Klappentext Charles Stewart Parnell has proved a compelling figure in his own time and to ours. A Protestant landlord who possessed few of the gifts that inspire mass adoration, he was the unlikely object of popular veneration. This revision considers Parnell's career within the context of his times, Anglo-Irish affairs, and theoretical perspectives. Zusammenfassung Charles Stewart Parnell has proved a compelling figure in his own time and to ours. A Protestant landlord who possessed few of the gifts that inspire mass adoration! he was the unlikely object of popular veneration. This revision considers Parnell's career within the context of his times! Anglo-Irish affairs! and theoretical perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of Parnell's Life and Times; The Makings of a Nationalist; Political Apprentice! 1874-6; Obstruction! 1877; Activism and the Dawn of the Land Question! 13 January 1878-7 June 1879; The Land War! 8 June 1879-2 May 1882; Parliamentary Politics! 2 May 1882-22 October 1884; Home Rule! 23 October 1884-8 June 1886; The Plan of Campaign and the Conservatives! 9 June 1886-17 November 1890; The Split! November 1890-October 1891Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. ...
