Ireland since 1800 : conflict and conformity / K. Theodore Hoppen.
By: Hoppen, K. Theodore.
Material type: BookSeries: Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm)): Publisher: London ; New York : Longman, 1989Description: x, 300 p. : map ; 22 cm.ISBN: 058200473X ; 058203938X .Subject(s): Ireland -- History -- 19th century | Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 941.5081Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 941.5081 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00030391 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As part of the Studies in Modern History series, this textbook has been written primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students on British, European and colonial history courses. The authors take a broad approach, combining the current state of knowledge in each area with their own research and judgements. present day in terms of politics, society and religion. The book combines a chronological and thematic approach - allowing students to pursue either a particular topic through its development or a period in all its complexity.
Bibliography: (pages 257-291) and index.
Introduction -- Part One: Limbering Up: From Union to Famine -- Politics: O'Connell: Innovation and Ambiquity -- Society: Agrarian Crises and Population Collapse -- Religion: The Birthpangs of Modernity -- Part Two: Winners and Losers: From Famine to Partition -- Society: Agricola Victor -- Politics: Nationalism and Localism -- Religion: Triumphs and Stockades -- Part Three: Promised Lands: Ireland since 1921 -- Politics: An Island Now formally divided -- Society: Stagnation, Boom, Slump -- Religion: Piety and its spoils.