Shadow of a Taxman - Who Funded the Irish Revolution?

Who funded the Irish Revolution? In Shadow of a Taxman, R. J. C. Adams investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what influenced their decision to contribute from as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: How to Fund a Revolution


• 2: Organising the National Loan


• 3: Manufacturing Dissent


• 4: Who Subscribed to the National Loan?


• 5: Diaspora Finance: The First 100 Years


• 6: Organising the External Loan


• 7: Showtime


• 8: Behind the Scenes


• 9: 'A Roll of Honor for the Irish Race'


• 10: Encore: The Second External Loan


• 11: Coda: Argentina and the Rest of the World

About the author

R. J. C. Adams is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic History, Queen's University Belfast. A graduate of the University of Oxford, his doctoral research was awarded the Economic History Society's Thirsk-Feinstein prize for best dissertation in economic or social history and the Economic History Association's Alexander Gerschenkron prize for best dissertation in economic history with a focus outside North America.

Summary

Who funded the Irish Revolution? In Shadow of a Taxman, R. J. C. Adams investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what influenced their decision to contribute from as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne.

Additional text

The evidence presented in the monograph makes a valuable contribution to the historiography of the Irish War of Independence and the rise of Dáil Éireann. As Adams rightly points out in his introduction, money was necessary in order for the Dáil to both gain and maintain power, so discussion of these fundraising efforts is crucial in understanding the development of the Irish Republic.

Product details

• Authors: R. J. C. Adams, R. J. C. (Research Fellow Adams
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780192849625
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284962-5
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Civilization, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history