The Easter Rising Revolution and Irish Nationalism

by Ward, Alan J.

• ISBN13: 9780882959740
• ISBN10: 0882959743
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-20
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

In this innovative work, Alan Ward uses the pivotal event in twentieth-century Irish history as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the twelfth century to the present.

By asking why the Easter Rising occurred, Ward is able to review the history of Anglo-Irish relations, from the time of Norman settlement to World War I, as well as the development of several kinds of Irish nationalism in the nineteenth century. Then, by asking what the effects of the Rising have been, Ward discusses the Irish war of independence, the creation of the Irish Free State, and the Irish civil war, pondering the influence of the various strands of Irish nationalism on the modern state.

Finally, the book reviews the conflict in Northern Ireland from the 1960s all the way to the fall of 2002, making this distinctive and analysis ideal for use as a core text in Irish history or superb supplementary reading for survey courses in British, European, and World History.

Author Biography

Alan J. Ward is the Class of 1935 Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He is a past president of the American Conference for Irish Studies and senior fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Easter Rising	1	(15)
England and Ireland Before the Union of 1801	16	(15)
Ireland and Irish Nationalism After the Union	31	(10)
Constitutional Nationalism	41	(14)
Romantic and Revolutionary Nationalism	55	(17)
America and the Irish Problem	72	(10)
Three Home Rule Bills and the Rise of Unionism	82	(13)
The Constitutional Crisis of 1912--1914: Preparing for Rebellion	95	(9)
World War I: Britain's Weakness and Ireland's Opportunity	104	(12)
Sinn Fein Emerges	116	(12)
A Victory for Revolutionary Nationalism	128	(19)
The Effects of the Rising	147	(28)
Bibliography	175	(10)
Index	185