The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 3, 1730–1880

The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 3, 1730–1880
ISBN-10
1108340407
ISBN-13
9781108340403
Series
The Cambridge History of Ireland
Category
History
Language
English
Published
2018-02-28
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
James Kelly

Description

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth century when that ascendancy was at its peak; and the nineteenth century when the Protestant elite sustained a determined rear-guard defence in the face of the emergence of modern Catholic nationalism. Employing a chronology that is not bound by traditional datelines, this volume moves beyond the familiar political narrative to engage with the economy, society, population, emigration, religion, language, state formation, culture, art and architecture, and the Irish abroad. It provides new and original interpretations of a critical phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland that, while focused firmly on the island and its traditions, moves beyond the nationalist narrative of the twentieth century to provide a history of late early modern Ireland for the twenty-first century.

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