Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780™1914

by Clark, Samuel; Donnelly, James S.

• ISBN13: 9780299093747
• ISBN10: 0299093743
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

"The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the newly-recognised landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. . . . The importance, even indispensability, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing."-Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement "As a whole, the volume demonstrates the wealth, complexity, and sophistication of Irish rural studies. The book is essential reading for anyone involved in modern Irish history. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to this rich field for scholars of other peasant communities and all interested in problems of economic and political developments."- American Historical Review "A milestone in the evolution of Irish social history. There is a remarkable consistency of style and standard in the essays. . . . This is truly history from the grassroots."-Timothy P. O'Neill, Studia Hibernica

Table of Contents

Editors and Contributors
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
General Introduction	p. 3
Taxation and Disaffection in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland	p. 37
Caravats and Shanavests: Whiteboyism and Faction Fighting in East Munster, 1802-11	p. 64
Pastorini and Captain Rock: Millenarianism and Sectarianism in the Rockite Movement of 1821-4	p. 102
The Armagh Troubles, 1784-95	p. 155
The Agrarian Opposition in Ulster Politics, 1848-87	p. 192
The Land Question and Elections in Ulster, 1868-86	p. 230
Land League Power: The Tralee Poor-Law Election of 1881	p. 285
A Marginal Figure: The Irish Rural Laborer	p. 311
Farmers, Traders, and Agricultural Politics in Pre-Independence Ireland	p. 339
The Cleavage between Graziers and Peasants in the Land Struggle, 1890-1910	p. 374
The Unreaped Harvest	p. 419
Index	p. 435
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