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Publication Date:
9 Apr 2010
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Description
Receiving widespread critical acclaim when first published, Ireland 1798-1998 has been revised to include coverage of the most recent developments. Jackson's stylish and impartial interpretation continues to provide the most up-to-date and important survey of 200 years of Irish history.
A new edition of this highly acclaimed history of Ireland, reflecting both the very latest political developments and growth of scholarship
Jackson provides a balanced and authoritative account of the complex political history of modern Ireland
Draws on original research and extensive reading of the latest secondary literature
Jackson provides an impressive treatment of events coupled with flowing narrative, delivered analytically and elegantly
Contents
List of Plates. List of Maps.
Acknowledgements.
List of Abbreviations.
1 Introduction.
1.1 Ends of the Century.
1.2 Modes and Frameworks of Interpretation.
2 The Birth of Modern Irish Politics, 1790-8.
2.1 The Origins of the Crisis.
2.2 Constitutional Radicalism to Revolution, 1791-8.
3 Disuniting Kingdoms, Emancipating Catholics, 1799-1850.
3.1 The Union, 1799-1801.
3.2 The Catholic Question, 1799-1829.
3.3 Justice for Ireland, 1830-41.
3.4 Utilitarians and Romantics, 1841-8.
3.5 The Orange Party, 1798-1853.
4 The Ascendancy of the Land Question, 1845-91.
4.1 Guilty Men and the Great Famine.
4.2 Pivot or Accelerator?
4.3 Brigadiers and Fenians.
4.4 Home Rule: A First Definition.
4.5 Idealists and Technicians: The Parnellite Party, 1880-6.
4.6 A Union of Hearts and a Broken Marriage: Parnellism, 1886-91.
5 Greening the Red, White and Blue: The End of the Union, 1891-1921.
5.1 The Irish Parliamentary Party, 1891-1914.
5.2 Paths to the Post Office: Alternatives to the Irish Parliamentary Party, 1891-1914.
5.3 The Parliamentarians and their Enemies, 1914-18.
5.4 Making and Unmaking Unionism, 1853-1921.
5.5 Other Men's Wounds: The Troubles, 1919-21.
5.6 Trucileers, Staters and Irregulars.
6 'Three Quarters of a Nation Once Again': Independent Ireland.
6.1 Saorstát Éireann, 1922-32.
6.2 Manifest Destiny: De Valera's Ireland, 1932-48.
6.3 Towards a Redefinition of the National Ideal, 1948-58.
6.4 The Age of Lemass, 1957-73.
7 Northern Ireland, 1920-72: Specials, Peelers and Provos.
8 The Two Irelands, 1973-98.
8.1 The Republic, 1973-98.
8.2 Northern Ireland, 1973-98.
9 Ireland in the New Millennium.
9.1 The Republic, 1998-2008.
9.2 Northern Ireland, 1998-2008.
9.3 The End of Irish History?
Notes.
Chronology.
Maps.
Select Bibliography.
Index.
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