Irish History Books

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1. Irish Political Prisoners 1920

   By Sean McConville

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-35096-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. An Economic History of Ireland Since Independence

   By Andy Bielenberg, Raymond Ryan

   The recent dramatic decline in the economic fortunes of the Republic of Ireland have been all the more painful, because it followed the most rapid period of economic development ever witnessed in Irish economic history, when growth rates since the early-1990s surpassed those in the rest of Western...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-56694-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. A History of Irish Economic Thought

   Edited by Thomas Boylan, Renee Prendergast, John Turner

   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...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-42340-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. 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...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-58286-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity: Celtic Soul Brothers

   By Lauren Onkey

   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 "...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-80189-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal

   By Evi Gkotzaridis

   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....

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-54412-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   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...

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-55394-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Ireland and the Industrial Revolution: The impact of the industrial revolution on Irish industry, 1801-1922

   By Andy Bielenberg

   This monograph provides the first comprehensive analysis of industrial development in Ireland and its impact on Irish society between 1801-1922. Studies of Irish industrial history to date have been regionally focused or industry specific. The book addresses this problem by bringing together...

   April 2009 | 978-0-415-44846-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Today and Tomorrow Volume 19 Great Britain, The Empire and America: Midas or the United States and the Future Atlantis Shiva or the Future of India Cassandra or the Future of the British Empire Plato's American Republic

   By Bretherton, Fuller, Minney, Schiller, Woodruff

   Atlantis America and the Future J F C Fuller Originally published in 1926 "Candid and caustic." Observer "Many hard things have been said about America, but few quite so bitter as these." Daily Sketch In the turmoil and materialism of the United States the author sees the beginning...

   2008 | 978-0-415-46349-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Today and Tomorrow Volume 18 Great Britain, The Empire & America: Columbia, or the Future of Canada Albyn or Scotland and the Future Achates or Canada in the Empire Caledonia or the Future of the Scots Hibernia or the Future of Ireland

    By Godwin, Grieve, Harris, Thomson, Waller

    Columbia Or the Future of Canada George Godwin Originally published in 1928 "Deserves grave study." Evening Standard "Indicates aptly that the future of Canada lies with the USA…" Time and Tide In this volume the future of Canada is discussed from political, social and economic...

    2008 | 978-0-415-46348-5 | Hardback (Routledge)