1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition

by Kieran Allen

Overview

This history of modern Ireland follows the thread of 1916’s ‘revolutionary tradition’ as it has unravelled across the century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783717446
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	01/20/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Kieran Allen is a sociology lecturer at University College Dublin. His books include Marx and the Alternative to Capitalism and Max Weber: A Critical Introduction, both published by Pluto Press.

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Table of Contents

Preface
1: Ireland Turned Upside Down
2: 1916: Armed Insurrection
3: The Irish Revolution
4: Republicanism and Counter-Revolution
5: A Most Conservative Country
6: The Rise and Fall of radical Republicanism
7: From the Ashes a Phoenix is Born
8: Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"A fluent, indignant book. Allen frames his argument with straightforward energy, slicing through much of the fog that has sometimes obscured the air in this decade of commemoration."

Irish Times

"The Easter Rising has been widely mythologised as a handful of visionaries giving their lives to rouse a slumbering nation. But it also represented the ripening of deep-seated contradictions within Irish society. Allen has provided a vivid and vital account of how class shaped the national movement which arose in the wake of the Rising - and thus shaped the Ireland we live in today."

author of War and an Irish Town Eamonn McCann

'A fluent, indignant book''A vivid and vital account of how class shaped the national movement which arose in the wake of the Rising - and thus shaped the Ireland we live in today''An essential and unparalleled joy to read'

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