Ireland's histories : aspects of state, society and ideology

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Ireland's histories : aspects of state, society and ideology

edited by Séan Hutton and Paul Stewart

(History workshop series)

Routledge, 1991

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780415053341

Description

This study examines aspects of the politics, society and ideology of Ireland from a radical perspective. It addresses key historiographical issues, as well as key moments and aspects of the two states in Ireland, such as the history of Irish women in Ireland and abroad, and the politics and ideology of the Protestant working class, including its relationship to the Northern Ireland state. It brings together writing from a number of different and competing perspectives on the formation and development of Irish politics, ideologies and society.

Table of Contents

1. Perspectives on Irish history and social studies - Sedan Hutton and Paul Stewart 2. Nationalist historiography and the decline of the Irish economy: George O'Brien revisited - David S. Johnson and Liam Kennedy 3. A. Saorstat is born: The birth of the Irish Free State - D.R. O'Connor Lysaght 4. Labour in post-independence Ireland: An overview - Sedan Hutton 5. The Irish Constitution of 1937 - Joseph Lee 6. Industrial development and the unmaking of the Irish working class - J.W. McAuley and P.J. McCormack 8. Tearing the house down: Religion and employment in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Donald Graham 9. The women's movement in the North of Ireland: 20 years on - Margaret Ward 10. The demolition squad: Bew, Gibbon and Patterson on the Northern Ireland State - Bob Purdie 11. The jerrybuilders - Bew, Gibbon and Patterson - the Protestant working class and the Northern Ireland state - Paul Stewart 12. Patrick McGill: the making of a writer - Patrick O'Sullivan 13. Irish women's experience of emigration - Ann Rossiter 14. The British Labour Party and Ireland - Jonathan Moore.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415053358

Description

"Ireland's Histories" examines aspects of the politics, society and ideology of Ireland from a radical perspective. It addresses key historiographical issues, as well as key moments and aspects of the two states in Ireland. Among the many issues addressed are the history of Irish women in Ireland and abroad, and the politics and ideology of the Protestant working class, including its relationship to the Northern Ireland state. The book draws together writing from a number of different and competing perspectives concerning the formation and development of Irish politics, ideologies and society. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers of Irish history and politics.

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