The Making of Modern Irish History

by Boyce, David George; O'Day, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780415121712
• ISBN10: 041512171X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Revisionism has been an important issue in Irish history for several years, as varying partisan accounts of the Irish past have been rewritten and "rescued" by journalists and historians of different political persuasions.The Making of Modern Irish Historybrings together distinguished historians of Ireland, each of whom tackles a key question, issue or event in Irish history since the eighteenth century. Topics discussed include the Great Famine, new ideas on the 1916 rising, the "diaspora," and the current troubles of the country. These original contributions take account of new evidence and perspectives, as well as up-to-date historical methodology. Their combination of synthesis and analysis represent a valuable guide to the present state of the writing of modern Irish history.

Table of Contents

Topics covered include context and causes of the `98 rebellion, the Union and its consequences, new ideas on the 1916 rising, British policy and Ireland, the Great Famine, the `diaspora' and the present troubles

Contributors include

Introduction

Eighteenth Century Ireland: Colony or Ancient Regime?

The Context and Causes of the `98 Rebellion

The Union and its Consequences

The Great

Irish Nationalism

Irish Unionism

Land: the revisionist controversy

1916: the meaning of a rising

British Policy and Ireland

Literature, Nationalism and Society

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