Ulster : an illustrated history
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Ulster : an illustrated history
B.T. Batsford, 1989
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Ulster before the Normans / Charles Doherty
- Lordships and invasions / T.E. McNeill
- Sixteenth-century Ulster and the failure of Tudor reform / Ciaran Brady
- Continuity and change / Raymond Gillespie
- The political economy of linen / W.H. Crawford
- Ulster society and politics, 1801-1921 / Brian Walker
- Northern Ireland / Éamon Phoenix
- Living with the troubles / David Harkness
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During the present century, the term Ulster has come to signify the six counties of present-day Northern Ireland. Historic Ulster, however, was one of the four provinces of Ireland embracing in addition the counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. This concise account traces the long and varied history of the region, from the pre-Norman Celtic period to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1986. While Ulster through the centuries has in many ways developed in accordance with general Irish social, political and economic trends, it has also been subject to a number of special factors - Scots immigration, religious differences, the growth of its own distinctive industrial base - which have increasingly set it apart from the rest of the island. As a result, the history of the province is both intellectually problematic and politically controversial. Each chapter draws on the most up-to-date research to give a fresh and authoritative view of the period under consideration, highlighting the major themes and issues within a narrative framework.
Table of Contents
- Ulster before the Normans - ancient myth and early history, Charles Doherty
- the rise and decline of the Anglo-Norman lordship - Ulster 1177-1500, T.E.McNeill
- 16th century and the failure of Tudor reform, Ciaran Brady
- continuity and change - Ulster in the 17th century, Raymond Gillespie
- Ulster in the 18th century, W.H.Crawford
- Ulster 1801-1921, Brian Walker
- Northern Ireland 1920-1972, Eamon Phoenix
- Northern Ireland since 1972, David Harkness.
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