Ireland : contested ideas of nationalism and history / Hugh F. Kearney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kearney, Hugh F., 1924-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Ireland.

Nationalism.

Ireland.

Nationalism--Ireland--History.

History.

Ireland--History.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Preface: On Being a Historian in Four Countries 1

Nationalism: The Case of Ireland-An Introduction 33

Part I Contested Ideas of Nationhood

1 Contested Ideas of Nationhood, 1800-1995 (1997) 59

2 1875: Faith or Fatherland? The Contested Symbolism of Irish Nationalism (2000) 81

3 Faith and Fatherland Revisited (2000) 97

4 Parnell and Beyond: Nationalism in These Islands, 1880-1980 (1994) 111

5 Language and Politics (2001) 128

6 Thatcher's Britain: Four Nations or One? (1991) 147

7 Four Nations History in Perspective (2004) 153

8 Civic/Ethnic Identities in a British Context (2000) 163

9 The Changing Face of English Nationalism (2000) 179

10 England's Irish Enigma (1997) 188

Part II Contested Ideas of National History

11 The Irish and Their History (1994) 203

12 Mercantilism and Ireland, 1620-40 (1958) 211

13 Ecclesiastical Politics and the Counter-Reformation in Ireland, 1618-48 (1960) 224

14 The Politics of Mercantilism, 1695-1700 (1959) 237

15 Fr. Mathew: Apostle of Modernization (1979) 256

16 The Great Famine: Legend and Reality (1957) 270

17 Colonizing Irish History: Canny Sets the Agenda (2002) 280

18 Visions and Revisions: Views of Irish History (2001) 290.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814748008

0814748007

OCLC:

76836202