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Zusatztext "The Irish Civil War and Society: Politics! Class! and Conflict offers a welcome new approach by looking at the social dimensions of the conflict to illuminate its causes! character! and outcomes. ? This well-researched work provides interesting new information and judicious assessments. ? He provides a very useful first insight into the experiences of republicans in the Free State after downing arms! which opens up an almost entirely neglected field of research." (Joost Augusteijn! American Historical Review! Vol. 121 (3)! June! 2016) Informationen zum Autor Gavin M. Foster is Associate Professor of Modern Irish History in the School of Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University, Canada. He has published on the Irish Revolution in various journals and edited collections and is currently working on an oral history project on later generation memory of the Irish Civil War. Klappentext The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Zusammenfassung The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War! from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Re-approaching the Social Dimensions of the Irish Civil War 2. Pro-Treaty Social Attitudes and Perceptions of Republicans 3. Republican Social Attitudes and Perceptions of the Free State 4. Social and Political Meanings of Clothing Pre- to Post-Revolution 5. The Varieties of Social Conflict in the Civil War 6. State Repression in the Civil War's Aftermath 7. Winners and Losers: Financial Victimization and the Economics of Animosity after the Civil War 8. IRA emigration and the Social Outcomes of the Civil War Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index...
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1. Re-approaching the Social Dimensions of the Irish Civil War 2. Pro-Treaty Social Attitudes and Perceptions of Republicans 3. Republican Social Attitudes and Perceptions of the Free State 4. Social and Political Meanings of Clothing Pre- to Post-Revolution 5. The Varieties of Social Conflict in the Civil War 6. State Repression in the Civil War's Aftermath 7. Winners and Losers: Financial Victimization and the Economics of Animosity after the Civil War 8. IRA emigration and the Social Outcomes of the Civil War Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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"The Irish Civil War and Society: Politics, Class, and Conflict offers a welcome new approach by looking at the social dimensions of the conflict to illuminate its causes, character, and outcomes. ... This well-researched work provides interesting new information and judicious assessments. ... He provides a very useful first insight into the experiences of republicans in the Free State after downing arms, which opens up an almost entirely neglected field of research." (Joost Augusteijn, American Historical Review, Vol. 121 (3), June, 2016)
