2nd Edition

Ireland since 1800 Conflict and Conformity

By K.Theodore Hoppen Copyright 1999
    360 Pages
    by Routledge

    360 Pages
    by Routledge

    The second edition of this bestselling survey of modern Irish history covers social, religious as well as political history and offers a distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches.

    Map.  Introduction.  PART ONE UNDER STRAIN: FROM UNION TO FAMINE.  1. Politics: O'Conell Innovation and Ambiguity.  2. Society: Agrarian Crisis and Population Collapse.  3. Religion: The Birthpangs of Modernity.  PART TWO WINNERS AND LOSERS: FROM FAMINE TO PARTITION.  4. Society: Agricola Victor.  5. Politics: Nationalism and Localism.  6. Religion: Triumphs and Stockades.  PART THREE PROMISED LANDS: IRELAND SINCE 1921.  7. Politics: An Island Now Formally Divided.  8. Society: Stagnation, Boom, Slump, Boom.  9. Religion: Piety and its Spoils.  Bibliography.  Index.

    Biography

    K.Theodore Hoppen