Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction

by Senia Paseta

Overview

This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history of modern Ireland. It is a question which refuses to go away, but it is also a question whose inconstant meaning is rarely anatomized and still less often denied. One of the main aims of this book is to explore the complicated and shifting nature of the Irish Question, and to assess what it has meant to various political minds and agendas. The book is arranged both thematically and chronologically; each of the eight chapters takes as its focus a particular period, and each period is discussed within the context of one or more questions which informed and shaped that particular period.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192801678
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/19/2003
Series:	Very Short Introductions
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,017,930
Product dimensions:	6.96(w) x 5.02(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Dr. Paseta is Tutorial Fellow in Modern History at St. Hugh's College, Oxford. She is the recipient of numerous sholarships and prizes, including the J. G. Crawford Prize for Academic Excellence from the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Irish Question in Context1. The Act of Union2. The Catholic Question3. The Land Question4. The National Question5. The New Nationalism6. The Irish Revolution7. The National Questions8. New Acts of Union