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Zusatztext The OUP Handbook of Modern Irish History, ranging over the last five centuries, imaginatively and expertly edited by Alvin Jackson, offers a rich cornucopia of perspectives from the 36 contributors, skilfully blending the chronological with the thematic in summarising the most recent understanding of topics and periods, while frequently and fruitfully meditating on possible future directions of enquiry. It is essential reading for understanding both how Ireland has got here, and for pondering possible further approaches to the historiography of the past five centuries Informationen zum Autor Alvin Jackson was educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has been Lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin and Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. Among his books are Ireland 1798-1998: War, Peace and Beyond (2010) and The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (2012). Klappentext Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history Zusammenfassung Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors A. INTRODUCTION Irish History in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries B. THEMATIC STUDIES 1. Nation, Empire and Landscape 1: Sean Connolly: Patriotism and Nationalism 2: Alvin Jackson: Loyalists and Unionists 3: Stephen Howe: Colonised and Colonisers 4: Yvonne Whelan: Landscape and Politics 2. People, Culture and the Economy 5: Terence Dooley: Land and the People 6: Enda Delaney: Migration and Diaspora 7: Philip Ollerenshaw: Business and Industry 8: Marianne Elliott: Faith in Ireland 9: Maria Luddy: Gender and Irish History 10: Margaret Kelleher: Irish Literary Culture in English 11: Fintan Cullen: Visual Arts 12: Toby Barnard: Material Cultures 13: Robert Savage: Film and Broadcast Media C. PERIOD STUDIES 1. The Third Kingdom: Ireland, c.1580-1690 14: Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin: Plantation, 1580-1641 15: Jane Ohlmeyer: Confederation and Union, 1641-60 16: Nicholas Canny: Ireland and Continental Europe, c.1600-1750 17: Ted McCormick: Restoration Ireland, 1660-88 18: Robert Armstrong: The War of the Three Kings, 1688-91 2. Ascendancy Ireland (1691-1801) 19: David Hayton: Early Hanoverian Ireland, 1690-1750 20: David Dickson: Famine and Economic Change 21: Éamonn Ó Ciardha: Irish Language Sources for the History of Early Modern Ireland 22: Maurice Bric: Ireland and the Atlantic World, 1690-1840 23: James Kelly: Patriot Politics, 1750-91 24: Patrick Geoghegan: Rising and Union, 1791-1801 3. British State and Catholic Nation (1800-1920) 25: Thomas Bartlett: The Emergence of the Irish Catholic Nation, 1750-1850 26: Peter Gray: Famine and Land, 1845-80 27: Don MacRaild: Emigration, 1800-1920 28: Matthew Kelly: Home Rule and its Enemies 29: Tim Bowman: Ireland and the First World War 30: Niall Whelehan: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 4. Dominion, Republic and Home Rule: The Two Irelands, 1920-2008 31: Fearghal McGarry: Southern Ireland, 1922-32: A Free State? 32: Diarmaid Ferriter: "De Valera's Ireland", 1932-58 33: Henry Patterson: Unionism, 1921-72 34: Eunan O'Halpin: Ireland and World War II 35: Brian Girvin: The Lemass Legacy and the Making of Contemporary Ireland, 1958-2011 36: Paul Arthur: The Long War and its Aftermath, 1969-2007 ...
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Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history
