Unhappy the land: the most oppressed people ever, the irish? / Liam Kennedy
2016, 1st Edition. Dublin, Ireland: Merrion Press. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #337563
Physical description: 294 pages: illustrations, tables. Contents: Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Introduction; PART 1; The Long View; Chapter One; A Most Opressed People?; Chapter Two; The Planter and the Gael; Chapter Three; Nationalism and Unionism in Ireland; PART 2; Famine in Ireland; Chapter Four; Cry Holocaust: The Great Irish Famine and the Jewish Holocaust; Chapter Five; Ireland, Irish-America and the Man who 'Invented' Genocide; Part 3; The Revolutionary Decade; Chapter Six; Harbinger of Reaction: The Great Ulster Covenant; Chapter Seven; Bad Blood: the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Chapter Eight Texting Terror: 1912 and 1916; Chapter Nine; Was There an Irish War of Independence?; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index. Summary: Challenging, contentious and highly original perspectives of the major controversies in Irish history. Kennedy confronts historical focal points such as the Ulster Plantation, the Great Famine, and the War of Independence with previously untold scrutiny. Subjects: Irish History. Ireland. Ireland Civilization. Ireland Historiography. Ireland Social conditions. Genre: History. Illustrated.
Price: €60.00