A New History of Ireland - 5/1: New History of Ireland

Zusatztext 'important ... Almost all the chapters deserve careful reading and the volume should not be seen merely as a monument to the work of scholars in increasing our understanding over the last twenty years. It should also stimulate continued debate about the Union and the dynamic of the relations between Britain and Ireland of which we are very directly the inheritors.' Klappentext A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes! it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory! from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence! through the Middle Ages! down to the present day. Volume VI opens with a character study of the period! followed by ten chapters of narrative history! and a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes further chapters on the economy! literature! the Irish language! music! arts! education! administration and the public service! and emigration. Zusammenfassung Volume V opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, covering sectarian conflict, politics of the era and the impact of the Great Famine. Further thematic chapters examine emigration, the economy, legal developments, literature, and education, ending with a study of Ireland in 1870.

Product details

• Authors: W. E. Vaughan, VAUGHAN W E
• Assisted by: W. E. Vaughan (Editor), W. E. (Senior Lecturer in History Vaughan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2009
• EAN: 9780199578672
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957867-2
• No. of pages: 952
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 54 mm
• Sets: A New History of Ireland; A New History of Ireland
• Series: New History of Ireland; New History of Ireland
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, 1500 bis heute, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik