A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day.

Volume VI opens with a character study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, and a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes further chapters on the economy, literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and the public service, and emigration.

Readership: All those interested in modern Irish history.

 

Contents:

R. V. Comerford: Introduction: Ireland, 1870-1921

1: R. V. Comerford: Isaac Butt and the Home Rule Party, 1870-77

2: R. V. Comerford: The Land War and the Politics of Distress, 1877-82

3: R. V. Comerford: The Parnell Era, 1883-91

4: F. S. L. Lyons: The Aftermath of Parnell, 1891-1903

5: F. S. L. Lyons: The Watershed, 1903-7

6: F. S. L. Lyons: The Developing Crisis, 1907-14

7: L. P. Curtis, Jr: Ireland in 1914

8: F. S. L. Lyons: The Revolution in Train, 1914-16

9: F. S. L. Lyons: The Rising and After

10: F. S. L. Lyons: The New Nationalism, 1916-18

11: F. S. L. Lyons: The War of Independence, 1919-21

12: H. D. Gribbon: Economic and Social History, 1850-1921

13: Vivian Mercier: Literature in English, 1891-1921

14: Brian O Cuiv: Irish Language and Literature, 1845-1921

15: Cyril Barrett and Jeanne Sheehy: Visual Arts and Society, 1850-1900

16: Cyril Barrett and Jeanne Sheehy: Visual Arts and Society, 1900-21

17: Aloys Fleischmann: Music and Society, 1850-1921

18: D. H. Akenson: Pre-University Education, 1870-1922

19: Susan Parkes: Higher Education, 1793-1908

20: R. B. McDowell: Administration and the Public Services, 1870-1921

21: David Fitzpatrick: Emigration, 1871-1921

22: David Fitzpatrick: The Irish in Britain, 1871-1921

23: Patrick O'Farrell: The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1870-1990

24: David Noel Doyle: The Remaking of Irish-America, 1845-80

Charles Benson and Helen F. Mulvey: Bibliography

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ISBN/EAN 9780199583744
Author Edited by W.E. Vaughan
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date 20 Apr 2010
Format Paperback
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A New History of Ireland VI: Ireland Under the Union, Part II: 1870-1921

Edited by W.E. Vaughan
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Covers a tumultuous period of Irish history - the Parnell era, the Home Rule Movement, the rise of Sinn Féin, the 1916 Uprising, and the War of Independence.

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