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Diarmaid Ferriter - Nation and not a Rabble, E-bok

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Nation and not a Rabble

The Irish Revolution 1913–23

Av Diarmaid Ferriter

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Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Féin, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War.Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, A Nation and not a Rabble explores these revolutions. Diarmaid Ferriter highlights the gulf between rhetoric and reality in politics and violence, the role of women, the battle for material survival, the impact of key Irish unionist and republican leaders, as well as conflicts over health, land, religion, law and order, and welfare.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2015-03-05
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Filformat: EPUB
  • Kopieringsskydd: LCP
  • ISBN: 9781847658821
  • Förlag: Profile Books Ltd
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Irish Book Awards 2015 (UK)
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Diarmaid Ferriter is one of Ireland's best-known historians and is Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. His books include The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004), Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the life and legacy of Eamon de Valera (2007), Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland (2009) and Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s (2012). His most recent book is A Nation and not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913-23 (2015) He is a regular broadcaster on television and radio and a weekly columnist with the Irish Times. In 2010 he presented a three-part history of twentieth century Ireland, The Limits of Liberty, on RTE television.

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Praise for Occasions of Sin: 'A gargantuan study of Irish attitudes to sex and sexuality from famine times until the present day...a work of considerable prowess... a rigorous, empirical and layered examination of a topic that befuddled Irish people for most of the last century, Ferriter's work represents a laudable accomplishment' Sunday Times A tremendous feat of documentation Independent Impressively researched and compellingly written Irish Times This outstanding, carefully researched study by Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, sets the bar high for good writing and scholarship. Financial Times Summer Reading Pick 2015

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