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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108799132

ISBN-139781108799133

eBay Product ID (ePID)3057259865

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Number of Pages300 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePolitical Thought of the Irish Revolution

Publication Year2022

SubjectGeneral, Europe / Great Britain / General

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorNiamh Gallagher

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

SeriesCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews'Bourke and Gallagher's book tells us that this body of specifically political writing can be and should be placed alongside the thinking of other revolutionary processes, or other histories of secession or decolonisation, or alongside the political ideas of the European war or of the great re-arrangement of states, nations and one-time empires which was the global context for the Irish struggles. Irish political ideas and writing deserve to be studied and evaluated in their own terms, not merely as part of the discursive mix underpinning a Yeats poem or a party campaign. Richard Bourke and Niamh Gallagher's excellent anthology shows us where to start.' Conor McCarthy, Dublin Review of Books

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal941.50821

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction Richard Bourke; Bibliographical Essay; Chronology of Events; Biographies; Note on the Texts; 1909: 1. Women, Ideals and the Nation Constance Markievicz; 1910: 2. From Labour in Irish history James Connolly; 1911: 3. From 'Pitt's Policy' Arthur Griffith; 4. From the Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers; 1912: 5. 'Home Rule and the Colonial Analogy' L. S. Amery; 6. 'Settlement of an Old Controversy' Edward Carson; 7. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant; 8. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant (Women's Declaration); 9. 'The Economics of Nationalism' Thomas M. Kettle; 1913: 10. From A Fool's Paradise A.V. Dicey; 11. 'The North Began' Eoin MacNeill; 12. The Coming Revolution Patrick Pearse; 1914: 'Labour and the Proposed Partition of Ireland' James Connolly; 14. 'Our Duty in the Crisis' James Connolly; 15. 'A Continental Revolution' James Connolly; 16. 'Speech on the Suspensory Bill' John Redmond; 1915: 17. 'A War for Civilization' James Connolly; 18. From the Re-conquest of Ireland James Connolly; 19. 'O'Donovan Rossa: Graveside Panegyric' Patrick Pearse; 1916: 20. 'What is a Free Nation?' James Connolly; 21. Proclamation of the Republic: Poblacht na h Éireann; 22. The Sovereign People Patrick Pearse; 1917: 23. 'State of Ireland' Hanna Sheehy Skeffington; 24. A Defence of the Convention Horace Plunkett; 1918: 25. Ireland and a People's Peace Louie Bennett; 26. Loyalty and Disloyalty: What it Means in Ireland Alice Stopford Green; 27. Ourselves Alone in Ulster Alice Stopford Green; 1920: 28. 'Ulster the Facts of the Case' Robert Lynd; 1921: 29. Is Ireland a Danger to England? Erskine Childers; 30. 'Debate on Treaty' Arthur Griffith; 1922: 31. From Ulster's Stand for Union Ronald McNeill; Index.

SynopsisThe Irish Revolution was a pivotal moment of transition for Ireland, the United Kingdom, and British Empire. A constitutional crisis that crystallised in 1912 electrified opinion in Ireland whilst dividing politics at Westminster. Instead of settling these differences, the advent of the First World War led to the emergence of new antagonisms. Republican insurrection was followed by a struggle for independence along with the partition of the island. This volume assembles some of the key contributions to the intellectual debates that took place in the midst of these changes and displays the vital ideas developed by the men and women who made the Irish Revolution, as well as those who opposed it. Through these fundamental texts, we see Irish experiences in comparative European and international contexts, and how the revolution challenged the durability of Britain as a global power., These essential texts present the range of ideas developed by the men and women who made the Irish Revolution, as well as those who opposed it. This volume explains why Ireland embarked on a revolutionary path and how the Empire mounted an ideological defence.

LC Classification NumberDA962