Irish History Books

New and Published Books

1. Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1972 (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Edmund Curtis, R. B. Macdowell

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1943, this volume collects together the principle Irish constitutional and political documents from the Introduction of English rule in the twelfth century to the treaty made between Great Britain and Ireland under Lloyd George’s government in 1921. The material is grouped into...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. A History of Medieval Ireland (Routledge Revivals)

   From 1086 to 1513

   By Edmund Curtis

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1923, this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 – 1513. Beginning with the O’Brien High Kinship, Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel, ending with the death of Gerald ‘the Great Earl’ of Kildare in 1513, a...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Mirror to Kathleen's Face

   Education in Independent Ireland 1922-60

   By Donald Akenson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1975, Donald Akenson’s book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Education and Enmity (Routledge Revivals)

   The Control of Schooling in Northern Ireland 1920-50

   By Donald Akenson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1973 Professor Akenson’s book traces the series of religious and political controversies which have battered the state schools of Northern Ireland. After the government’s admirably intentioned, but muddled, attempt to create a non-sectarian school system in the early 1920s, the...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
5. A History of Settlement in Ireland

   Edited by Terry Barry

   A History of Settlement in Ireland provides a stimulating and thought-provoking overview of the settlement history of Ireland from prehistory to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the issues of settlement change and distribution within the contexts of:* environment* demography*...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. A History of Irish Economic Thought

   Edited by Thomas Boylan, Renee Prendergast, John Turner

   Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought

   For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political...

   Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
7. Irish Identities in Victorian Britain

   Edited by Roger Swift, Sheridan Gilley

   Recent studies of the experiences of Irish migrants in Victorian Britain have emphasized the significance of the themes of change, continuity, resistance and accommodation in the creation of a rich and diverse migrant culture within which a variety of Irish identities co-existed and sometimes...

   Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
8. Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity

   Celtic Soul Brothers

   By Lauren Onkey

   Series: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity

   Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity analyzes the long history of imagined and real relationships between the Irish and African-Americans since the mid-nineteenth century in popular culture and literature. Irish writers and political activists have often claimed - and thereby created - a "...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
9. Trials of Irish History

   Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal

   By Evi Gkotzaridis

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

   Bringing her original insights into theory and philosophy to bear upon the controversial question of revision in Irish history, Evi Gkotzaridis presents the first historical and theoretical examination of the trailblazer historians who, from 1938, spearheaded an unpoliticized Irish history. Drawing...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
10. The Seizure of Power

    Fascism in Italy, 1919-1929

    By Professor Adrian Lyttelton, Adrian Lyttelton

    This volume is a study of Fascism in its country of origin, Italy. It describes the impact of a new type of political movement on Italian government and society. The Fascist seizure of power did not begin or end with Mussolini's famous March on Rome in 1922; it was achieved rather by gradual...

    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge