Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England

List of contents

Introduction: the return of the repressed island; Part I. The Anglo-Irish War: 1. The dirtiness of this 'trouble': fighting the Anglo-Irish War; 2. The postwar international order and the mobilization of public opinion; 3. A different home front: Irish nationalists in England; 4. 'Strangers in blood' at a funeral: the Treaty of 1921 and the Irish Civil War; Part II. Irishness in Interwar England: 5. Politics and the Anglo-Irish relationship; 6. The cultural persistence of Irishness; 7. A decaying world in exile: the Anglo-Irish and other loyalists; 8. The Irish in England and the failure of ethnic politics; 9. Immigration and accommodation in Irish England; 10. The end of an era: 1939 and the salience of Irishness; Conclusion: the first decolonization?; Bibliography.

About the author

Mo Moulton is a lecturer in history and literature at Harvard University.

Product details

• Authors: Mo Moulton, Mo (Harvard University Moulton, Moulton Mo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2021
• EAN: 9781107632387
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63238-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)