The Anglo-Irish Tradition

Informationen zum Autor Professor J. C. Beckett was born and educated in Belfast where he became a lecturer in Modern History at Queen's University; and in 1958 Professor of Irish History there. After his retirement from the chair in 1975 Professor Beckett spent 1976 as Cummings Lecturer at McGill University, Montreal and was visiting Professor at the Univeristy of Tulane, New Orleans in 1977. In 1980 he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Queen's University, Belfast. Professor Beckett died in 1996. Zusammenfassung Traces the history of Anglo-Irish tradition down to the Treaty of 1921, and discusses the significance for Ireland of their decline, both in numbers and in influence, after that date. This book maintains that the Anglo-Irish tradition is an essential part of the life of Ireland.

Product details

• Authors: J C Beckett, J.C. Beckett, Professor J.C. Beckett
• Assisted by: J. C. Beckett (Editor), C Beckett (Editor), J C Beckett (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2008
• EAN: 9780571242733
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24273-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Faber Finds; Identity; Nationalism