Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans : The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution / Richard Whatmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whatmore, Richard, Author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798.

Ireland.

Geneva (Republic)--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Geneva (Republic).

Geneva (Republic)--Foreign relations--France.

United Irishmen.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A bloody episode that epitomized the political dilemmas of the eighteenth centuryIn 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and the site of their demise was known as Genevan Barracks. The Barracks were the remnants of an experimental community called New Geneva, a settlement of Calvinist republican rebels who fled the continent in 1782. The British believed that the rectitude and industriousness of these imported revolutionaries would have a positive effect on the Irish populace. The experiment was abandoned, however, after the Calvinists demanded greater independence and more state money for their project. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans tells the story of a utopian city inspired by a spirit of liberty and republican values being turned into a place where republicans who had fought for liberty were extinguished by the might of empire.Richard Whatmore brings to life a violent age in which powerful states like Britain and France intervened in the affairs of smaller, weaker countries, justifying their actions on the grounds that they were stopping anarchists and terrorists from destroying society, religion, and government. The Genevans and the Irish rebels, in turn, saw themselves as advocates of republican virtue, willing to sacrifice themselves for liberty, rights, and the public good. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans shows how the massacre at Genevan Barracks marked an end to the old Europe of diverse political forms, and the ascendancy of powerful states seeking empire and markets-in many respects the end of enlightenment itself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter one. The Power of Place

Chapter two. The Waterford Experiment

Chapter three. Religion and Enlightenment

Chapter four. Extremism

Chapter five. Civil War

Chapter six. Revolution and Exodus

Chapter seven. Ireland: Oppression and Opportunity

Chapter eight. Shelburne

Chapter nine. New Geneva

Chapter ten. Barracks and Prison

Conclusion. After Revolution

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691197470

0691197474

OCLC:

1120691757