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Informationen zum Autor Hachey, Thomas E.; McCaffrey, Lawrence J. Klappentext This rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from the origins of the Irish Question to the present day. In this edition, a new introductory chapter covers the period prior to Union and a new concluding chapter takes Ireland into the twenty-first century. All material has as been substantially revised and updated to reflect more recent scholarship as well as developments during the eventful years since the previous edition. The text is richly supplemented with maps, photographs, and an extensive bibliography. There is no comparable brief, multidimensional history of modern Ireland. Zusammenfassung A history of modern Ireland which covers the political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural dimensions of the country's development, from the origins of the Irish question to the present day. A new introductory chapter covers the period prior to Union and a new concluding chapter takes Ireland into the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: From Colony to Nation-State; 1: Ireland Before the Union; 2: Catholic Emancipation, 1801-1829; 3: Repeal and British Politics, 1830-1845; 4: Famine and Fenianism, 1845-1870; 5: Home Rule and the Land War, 1870-1882; 6: Home Rule and British Politics, 1882-1906; 7: Currents and Crises in Irish Nationalism, 1880-1914; 8: Wars of Liberation, 1914-1921; II: From Free State to Republic; 9: The Irish Free State, 1922-1932; 10: The de Valera Era, 1932-1959; 11: Modern Ireland, 1959-1998; 12: The Northern Specter, 1920-1998; 13: Ireland into the Twenty-First Century
