Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921 - Softcover

Campbell, Fergus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199541507 ISBN 13: 9780199541508

Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

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In the 1890s, most of the inhabitants of the west of Ireland experienced great poverty and hardship, living-as they did-on farms that were too small to provide them with a reasonable standard of living. By 1921, however, the living conditions of many of them had been transformed by a series of Land Acts that revolutionized the system of land holding in Ireland. This book examines agrarian conflict in Ireland during the neglected period between the death of Parnell (1891) and the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) and demonstrates that land reform was often introduced in response to popular protest. Whereas earlier accounts have tended to examine Irish political history from the perspective of British governments or nationalist leaders, this book breaks new ground by providing an account of popular political activity in late nineteenth-and twentieth-century Ireland. For the first time, the social background, ideas, and activities of grass-roots political activists are systematically explored, as are the class conflicts that threatened to fragment the unity of the nationalist movement in rural communities. By reinserting the activism of ordinary people into the broader historical record, Dr Campbell suggests new interpretations of a number of critical developments including the failure of "constructive unionism" the origins of Sinn Féin, and the nature and dynamics of the Irish revolution (1916-23) Using the recently released archives of the Bureau of Military History, the story of the war of independence in the western county of Galway is told in the words of both the Irish Republican Army and its enemies. Land and Revolution transforms our understanding of late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Irish history, and also contributes to comparative studies of nationalism, revolution, and agrarian protest.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199541507
• ISBN 13: 9780199541508
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar