Unapproved Routes - Histories of the Irish Border, 1922-1972

Zusatztext a fascinating new book on the history of partition Informationen zum Autor Peter Leary is from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. He studied at Goldsmiths', University of London and the University of Ulster at Magee in Derry, before completing a PhD in Irish History at Queen's University Belfast in 2014. He is currently the Canon Murray Fellow in Irish History at the University of Oxford. Klappentext Uses unique histories of life on the Irish Border to explore how politics, nation and the state intersected with everyday life. Zusammenfassung While 'the border question' raged throughout twentieth-century Ireland, citizens near the border continued with everyday life. Peter Leary uses histories of the Foyle Fisheries dispute, cockfighting tournaments, smuggling, and local conflicts over cross-border roads to explore how the border was experienced and incorporated into people's lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: 'A House Divided' 2: The Time of Partition and the Power of Space in the Evidence Presented to the Irish Boundary Commission, 1925 3: 'The Big Fish and the Little Fellow': Property and Territory on Lough and River Foyle 4: Cocks, Cops, and Writing-men: 'Deep Play' on the Irish border 5: Smuggling: A Border Perspective on Society, Culture, and Authority 6: Border-Crossing-Roads: Material Culture at the Limits of Governmentality 7: Conclusions: Hegemony and Histories of the Everyday

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Leary, Peter (Canon Murray Fellow in Irish History Leary, Leary Peter
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9780198778578
• ISBN: 978-0-19-877857-8
• Pagine: 268
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Politics and government