Land and liberalism : Henry George and the Irish land war
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Land and liberalism : Henry George and the Irish land war
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Summary: "For historians of nineteenth century Ireland, Britain and the United States, and those interested in transnational history, agrarian politics, labour activism and the history of political thought. It connects popular attitudes and social practices with political ideas to show how the land question and Irish radicalism were politically transformative"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography: p. 233-274
Includes index
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Description
Irish land in the 1880s was a site of ideological conflict, with resonances for liberal politics far beyond Ireland itself. The Irish Land War, internationalised partly through the influence of Henry George, the American social reformer and political economist, came at a decisive juncture in Anglo-American political thought, and provided many radicals across the North Atlantic with a vision of a more just and morally coherent political economy. Looking at the discourses and practices of these agrarian radicals, alongside developments in liberal political thought, Andrew Phemister shows how they utilised the land question to articulate a natural and universal right to life that highlighted the contradictions between liberty and property. In response to this popular agrarian movement, liberal thinkers discarded many older individualistic assumptions, and their radical democratic implications, in the name of protecting social order, property, and economic progress. Land and Liberalism thus vividly demonstrates the centrality of Henry George and the Irish Land War to the transformation of liberal thought.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. 'Our American Aristotle'
- 2. Agrarianism and political thought
- 3. The Land War and the Land League
- 4. The Catholic Church and the land question
- 5. Transatlantic radicalism and the land question
- 6. Class, culture and place
- Conclusion.
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