Ireland Before the Famine, 1798-1848

Ireland Before the Famine, 1798-1848

Author: Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

Publisher: Gill Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780717142170

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This outstanding survey of Irish history between 1798 and the Famine looks at the origins, course and consequences of the changes which swept through Irish life in the period.The only book to deal with this precise period in Irish history.


Famine in European History

Famine in European History

Author: Guido Alfani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-31

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1107179939

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The first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages to present. It compares the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine in regional case studies by leading experts to form a comprehensive picture of when and why food security across the continent became a critical issue.


Nationalism and Popular Protest in Ireland

Nationalism and Popular Protest in Ireland

Author: Charles H. E. Philpin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-08

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780521525015

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Essays on Irish nationalism, some on particular protest movement, others on more general themes.


Ireland 1798-1998

Ireland 1798-1998

Author: Alvin Jackson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-03-16

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781444324150

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Receiving widespread critical acclaim when first published,Ireland 1798-1998 has been revised to include coverage ofthe most recent developments. Jackson’s stylish and impartialinterpretation continues to provide the most up-to-date andimportant survey of 200 years of Irish history. A new edition of this highly acclaimed history of Ireland,reflecting both the very latest political developments and growthof scholarship Jackson provides a balanced and authoritative account of thecomplex political history of modern Ireland Draws on original research and extensive reading of the latestsecondary literature Jackson provides an impressive treatment of events coupled withflowing narrative, delivered analytically and elegantly


A History of Ireland, 1800–1922

A History of Ireland, 1800–1922

Author: Hilary Larkin

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1783080361

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The years of Ireland’s union with Great Britain are most often regarded as a period of great turbulence and conflict. And so they were. But there are other stories too, and these need to be integrated in any account of the period. Ireland’s progressive primary education system is examined here alongside the Famine; the growth of a happily middle-class Victorian suburbia is taken into account as well as the appalling Dublin slum statistics. In each case, neither story stands without the other. This study synthesises some of the main scholarly developments in Irish and British historiography and seeks to provide an updated and fuller understanding of the debates surrounding nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history.


Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History

Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History

Author: James Quinn

Publisher: University College Dublin Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 191082092X

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Examines why Young Ireland attached such importance to the writing of history, how it went about writing that history, and what impact their historical writings had.


A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000

A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000

Author: John Gibney

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0300231474

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A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century. Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. Beginning with Ireland’s modern period at the dawn of the sixteenth century, John Gibney continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, political, and socioeconomic evolution. This succinct, scholarly study covers important historical events, including the Cromwellian conquest and settlement, the Great Famine, and the struggle for Irish independence. Along the way, it explores major themes such as Ireland’s often contentious relationship with Britain, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, the ongoing religious tensions it inspired, and the global reach of the Irish diaspora. This unique, wide-ranging work assimilates the most recent scholarship on a wide range of historical controversies, making it an essential addition to the library of any student of Irish studies.


The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine

Author: Cormac Ó'Gráda

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-09-28

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780521557870

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The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Gráda's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the invasion of the potato-killing fungus, Phytophthora infestans, highlighting Irish poverty and the importance of the potato, but also finding signs of economic progress before the Famine. Despite the massive decline in availability of food, the huge death toll of one million (from a population of 8.5 million) was hardly inevitable; there are grounds for supporting the view that a less doctrinaire attitude to famine relief would have saved many lives. This book provides an up-to-date introduction by a leading expert to an event of major importance in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland and Britain.