Reading Irish histories : texts, contexts, and memory in modern Ireland / Lawrence W. McBride, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McBride, Lawrence W., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Ireland--History.

Nationalism.

History.

Historiography.

Books and reading.

Ireland.

Books and reading--Ireland--History.

Ireland--History--19th century--Historiography.

Ireland--History--20th century--Historiography.

Ireland--Intellectual life--19th century.

Intellectual life.

Ireland--Intellectual life--20th century.

Physical Description:

233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, 2003.

Contents:

'Academies of nationality': the reading room and Irish national movements, 1838-1905 / Paul Townend

The ritualization of newspaper reading and political consciousness: the role of newspapers in the Irish land war / Anne E. Kane

University education, history, and the hierarchy / Colin Barr

Young readers and the learning and teaching of Irish history, 1870-1922 / Lawrence W. McBride

'To mould an important body of shepherds': the Gaelic summer colleges and the teaching of Irish history / Timothy G. McMahon

J.A. Froude's use of history and his Irish prescription / Eileen Reilly

Nobler forms: Standish James O'Grady's History of Ireland and the Irish Literary Revival / Gregory Castle

Reading the Irish future in the Celtic past: T.W. Rolleston and the politics of myth / José Lanters

Storming Stepaside: the military education of the Irish volunteers / Ben Novick

History, memory and education: teaching the Irish story / Seán Farrell Moran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.

ISBN:

185182703X

OCLC:

52229782