Northern Ireland's '68 Civil Rights, Global Revolt and the Origins of the Troubles

by Prince, Simon; Bew, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780716528692
• ISBN10: 071652869X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-31
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press

Summary

The Troubles may have developed into a sectarian conflict, but the violence was sparked by a small band of leftists who wanted Derry in October 1968 to be a repeat of Paris in May 1968. Like their French comrades, Northern Ireland's '68ers had assumed that street fighting would lead to political struggle. The struggle that followed, however, was between communities rather than classes. In the divided society of Northern Ireland, the interaction of the global and the local that was the hallmark of '68 had tragic consequences.

Author Biography

Simon Prince is a Junior Research Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Dramatis Personae	p. viii
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Unionism and its State	p. 11
Nationalism and its Discontents	p. 48
Republicanism and Socialism	p. 87
The Civil Rights Campaign	p. 114
Paris, London, Rome, Berlin, Derry	p. 126
The Derry Disturbances	p. 162
The Unionist Reaction	p. 178
People's Democracy	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 212
Notes	p. 218
Index	p. 253
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