The Princeton history of modern Ireland / edited by Richard Bourke & Ian McBride.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bourke, Richard, editor.

McBride, Ian, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History.

Ireland.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 526 pages : maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Scholars of Irish history chart the pivotal events in the history of modern Ireland while providing fresh perspectives on topics ranging from colonialism and nationalism to political violence, famine, emigration, and feminism.

Contents:

Part I. Narrative and events

Conquest, civilization, colonization: Ireland, 1540-1660 / Jane Ohlmeyer

Ascendancy Ireland, 1660-1800 / Ultan Gillen

Ireland under the Union, 1801-1922 / John Bew

Independent Ireland / Fearghal McGarry

Northern Ireland since 1920 / Niall O Dochartaigh

Twenty-first-century Ireland / Diarmaid Ferriter

Part II. Topics, themes and developments

Intellectual history: William King to Edmund Burke / Daniel Carey

Cultural developments: Young Ireland to Yeats / David Dwan

Irish modernism and its legacies / Lauren Arrington

Media and culture in Ireland, 1960-2008 / Maurice Walsh

Historiography / Richard Bourke

Religion / Ian McBride

The Irish language / Vincent Morley

Ireland and empire / Jill C. Bender

Women and gender in modern Ireland / Catriona Kennedy

Political violence / Marc Mulholland

Famine / Ciara Boylan

Economy in independent Ireland / Andy Bielenberg

Nationalisms / Matthew Kelly

Feminism / Maria Luddy

Diaspora / Enda Delaney.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691154060

0691154066

OCLC:

905600322