1989, ISBN: 9780713990102

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New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1989, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing; xiii, 688 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0713990104; 9780713990102; 0140125108;… Mehr…

New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1989, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing; xiii, 688 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0713990104; 9780713990102; 0140125108; 9780140125108; 0140132503; 9780140132502 LCCN: 89-118698 ; LC: DA938; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 19775262 ; A history of Ireland from 1600 through 1972, examining its social, cultural, economic, and political factors. ; black cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; Contents : Varieties of Irishness -- 'Wild shamrock manners' : Ireland in 1600 -- 'Nationalism' and recusancy -- Plantation : theory and practice -- Confederate Ireland -- Cromwellian Ireland -- Restoration Ireland -- Shipwreck and deliverance : the foundations of ascendancy -- The ascendancy mind -- Economy, society and the 'hidden' Irelands -- The structure of politics -- Americans, volunteers and the politics of 'patriotism' -- 'Enthusiasm defying punishment' : revolution, Republicanism and reaction -- The mobilization of popular politics -- The famine : before and after -- Ireland abroad -- Land, politics and nationalism -- The politics of Parnellism -- The 'new' nationalism -- War and revolution -- The takeover -- In a free state -- The de Valera dispensation -- 'Modern' Ireland? ; "Here is a wide-ranging, unique, and personal view of the evolution of modern Ireland over three-and-a-half centuries. Lively biographical footnotes add a further dimension to the text." ; Roy Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Hertford College.; large, thick volume ; VG., New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1989, 1989, 3<

1989, ISBN: 0713990104

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[EAN: 9780713990102], Used, very good, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London], R. F. FOSTER MODERN IRELAND 1600 1972, This survey of the history of modern Ireland begins in 1600, with the end of the Elizabethan wars and the establishment of the Ulster plantation, and ends in 1972, the year in which the Republic joined the EEC and the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland was suspended. Social, cultural and economic factors are given as much prominence as politics, and there are thematic chapters on such topics as emigration, colonization and ascendency culture. The author incorporates the controversies and conclusions which have emerged over the last 25 years and also presents his own personal view of the emergence of modern Ireland during the last three centuries. R.F.Foster is author of Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and His Family and Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1972, ISBN: 9780713990102

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