Ireland social, political, and religious / Gustave de Beaumont ; edited and translated by W.C. Taylor ; with an introduction by Tom Garvin and Andreas Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866.

Contributor:

Taylor, W. C. (William Cooke), 1800-1849.

Standardized Title:

Irlande sociale, politique, et religieuse. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Description and travel.

Ireland.

Ireland--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Ireland--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Ireland, Gustave de Beaumont chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the eve of the Great Famine. This rediscovered masterpiece includes an introduction on Beaumont and his world. This volume also presents Beaumont's impassioned preface in which he portrays the appalling effects of the Great Famine. A classic of nineteenth-century political and social commentary, Beaumont's singular portrait offers the compelling immediacy of an eyewitness to history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Introduction: Tyranny in Ireland? / Garvin, Tom / Hess, Andreas

Note on the Text

Contents

Translator's Preface

Historical Introduction

First Epoch: From 1169 to 1535

Second Epoch: From 1535 to 1690

Third Epoch: From 1688 to 1755

Fourth Epoch: From 1776 to 1829

PART I

I. External Appearance of Ireland. Misery of Its Inhabitants

II. A Bad Aristocracy Is the Primary Cause of All the Evils of Ireland. The Faults of This Aristocracy Are, That It Is English and Protestant

III. Tithes

IV. Some Remarks on the North of Ireland

V. General Consequences from What Has Preceded- Character of the Irishman-Explanation of Its Faults

VI. Summary of the Preceding Chapters- Illusions of the Irish Aristocracy

PART II

How Ireland, Aided by the Liberties She Received or Acquired, Has Resisted Oppression

VII. An Examination of the Causes by Which Ireland, at Present a Free Country, Tends to Become a Democratic Country

PART III

I. The Three Principal Remedies That Have Been Proposed for Irish Evils

II. Remedies Proposed by the Author-The Civil, Political, and Religious Privileges of the Aristocracy Must Be Abolished

III. It Would Be an Evil to Substitute a Catholic Aristocracy for the Protestant Aristocracy

IV. How and byWhat Means Aristocracy Should Be Abolished in Ireland

PART IV

I. What Will England Do?

II. What Each of the English Parties Could Accomplish for Ireland

III. General Survey of the State of Ireland- Conclusion-A Glance at the Political and Religious Future of the Country

Preface, 1863: A Report on the Present State of Ireland (1862-1863)

Chronology. Index

Chronology

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xii-xiv) and index.

ISBN:

9780674031111

0674031113

OCLC:

456270367