A history of Ireland from 1600 to 1972; an account not only of the events themselves but also the way in which those events acted upon the peoples living in Ireland to produce an 'Irish Nation'; a description of that nation's tragedy and resilience.
By:
Professor R F Foster
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780140132502
ISBN 10: 0140132503
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 29 March 1990
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Maps List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Part One Prologue: Varieties of Irishness Chapter One: 'Wild Shamrock Manners': Ireland in 1600 Chapter Two: 'Nationalism' and Recusancy Chapter Three: Plantation: Theory and Practice Chapter Four: Confederate Ireland Chapter Five: Cromwellian Ireland Chapter Six: Restoration Ireland Chapter Seven: Shipwreck and Deliverance: The Foundations of Ascendancy Part Two Chapter Eight: The Ascendancy Mind Chapter Nine: Economy, Society, and the 'Hidden' Ireland Chapter Ten: The Structure of Politics Chapter Eleven: Americans, Volunteers and the Politics of 'Patriotism' Chapter Twelve: 'Enthusiasm Defying Punishment': Revolution, Republicanism and Reaction Part Three Chapter Thirteen: The Mobilization of Popular Politics Chapter Fourteen: The Famine: Before and After Chapter Fifteen: Ireland Abroad Chapter Sixteen: Land, Politics and Nationalism Chapter Seventeen: The Politics of Panellism Part Four Chapter Eighteen: The 'New' Nationalism Chapter Nineteen: War and Revolution Chapter Twenty: The Takeover Chapter Twenty-one: In a Free State Chapter Twenty-two: The de Valera Dispensation Chapter Twenty-three: 'Modern' Ireland? Appendix: Proclamation of the Republic Chronology References Bibliographical Essay Index of Subjects Index of Names
R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include The Irish Story and W. B. Yeats- A Life.
