Ideology and the Irish Question - Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism 1912-1916

Zusatztext 'a small treasure trove of facts' Klappentext Going right to the heart of the Irish Question! Paul Bew offers a re-interpretation of Irish politics in the critical 1912-1916 period. Bew offers a full treatment of the debate concerning land! economy! religion! language! and national identity in the period! and ends with a discussion of the Easter Rising of 1916 which destroyed Redmond's party. The political! cultural! and economic implications of this development are drawn out! and Bew examines their continuing effect on Irish history. Zusammenfassung Could Ireland have become a self-governing nation in 1912? How did nationalist and unionist influences in Ireland react to the possibility? Paul Bew's controversial examination of Irish politics in this crucial period investigates the issues at stake in the home rule crisis of 1912-14 and offers a new assessment of the Easter Rising of 1916.

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• Authors: Lord Paul Anthony Elliot Bew, Paul Bew, Paul (Professor of Irish Politics Bew, Bew Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198207085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820708-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Ireland, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Constitution: government & the state, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Constitution: government and the state