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Smashing H-block : the rise and fall of the popular campaign against criminalization, 1976-1982 / F. Stuart Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, F. Stuart, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981.
- Hunger strikes--Northern Ireland.
- Hunger strikes.
- Republicanism--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.
- Republicanism.
- Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1968-1998.
- Northern Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Smashing H-Block is a political history of the Irish republican struggle against criminalization from 1976 to 1982. This struggle, which culminated in the historic hunger strikes of 1980 and 1981, is widely regarded as a turning point in Irelands Troubles, marking the 'last great wave of activism and mobilization within the nationalist population'. Unlike previous accounts of this period, this fascinating book focuses on the popular movement outside the prisons, challenging republican orthodoxy and stressing the importance of broad-based, grassroots movements in effecting political and social change. Ultimately, it was what happened outside the prisons during these years of protest that reshaped and revitalized modern Irish republicanism.
- Contents:
- Everyone has a part to play
- Prison protests and broad fronts (1972-1975)
- Lean days and uphill battles (1976-1977)
- Steps in the right direction (1978-1979)
- Building the campaign (1980)
- Hunger strike (October-December 1980)
- Bobby Sands MP (January -April 1981)
- Ten men dead (May-October 1981)
- Quiet and uneventful end (October 1981-October 1982)
- Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80085-456-0
- 1-78138-843-1
- 1-78138-888-1
- 1-84631-719-3
- OCLC:
- 867929478
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