Ireland and the Irish : A Short History / Karl S. Bottigheimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bottigheimer, Karl S., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A history of Ireland and its people that is meant to explain the enduring problems associated with the nation in contemporary times.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

1. The Insular Condition and Early Habitation

2. A Heroic Age: The Celtic, Viking, and Norman Inheritance

3. Late Medieval Ireland and the Tudor Conquest

4. The Making of the Protestant Ascendancy: The Seventeenth Century

5. Ireland as a Protestant "Nation": The Eighteenth Century

6. Catholic Ireland Resurgent: The Nineteenth Century

7. A New State Established: Triumphs and Dilemmas

8. The Irish Abroad: Examples and Conclusions

9. Literature and the Irish

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88469-9

OCLC:

1100429835