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Ireland's History: Prehistory to the Present

Autor Prof. Kenneth L. Campbell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 dec 2013
Ireland's History provides an introduction to Irish history that blends a scholarly approach to the subject, based on recent research and current historiographical perspectives, with a clear and accessible writing style. All the major themes in Irish history are covered, from prehistoric times right through to present day, from the emergence of Celtic Christianity after the fall of the Roman Empire, to Ireland and the European Union, secularism and rapprochement with the United Kingdom. By avoiding adopting a purely nationalistic perspective, Kenneth Campbell offers a balanced approach, covering not only social and economic history, but also political, cultural, and religious history, and exploring the interconnections among these various approaches. This text will encourage students to think critically about the past and to examine how a study of Irish history might inform and influence their understanding of history in general.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441103789
ISBN-10: 1441103783
Pagini: 424
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers a balanced approach, combining social and economic history with political, cultural, and religious history

Notă biografică

Kenneth L. Campbell is Professor of History at Monmouth University, USA.

Cuprins

1. Irish History - Introduction and Overview2. Prehistoric Ireland 3. Celtic Christianity and Early Medieval Ireland4. The Impact of the Vikings and the Norman Conquest5. Ireland in the High and Late Middle Ages6. Ireland and the Reformation7. Seventeenth-Century Ireland8. Eighteenth-Century Ireland9. The Rebellion of 1798 and the Impact of the French Revolution10. Union, the Famine, and the Rise of Irish Nationalism11. The Land War, Parnell, and the Rise of Sinn Fein12. The Easter Uprising and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922; Ireland between the Wars13. The Two Irelands in the Post-war Period14. The Troubles: Northern Ireland, 1969-200015. The Republic of Ireland and the European Union 1972-200016. Conclusion - Ireland in the Twenty-First CenturyBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Campbell has produced a masterly synthesis of recent scholarship to present a balanced history of Ireland from pre-history to the present. His clear and vibrant writing style and nuanced interpretation of the past makes Ireland's History both a 'good read' and essential to an understanding of Ireland today.
At last, a book that treats the whole of Irish history comprehensively and concisely. Every important topic, from ancient megaliths to the Celtic Tiger, is thoroughly covered with reference to the latest scholarship. Ireland's History will be the core text of my Irish history classes from now on.
This is a general, introductory book geared to the college level and general reader. The book's strengths include a comparative element, taking account, as it does, of areas like literature, popular culture, and sport; a synthesis of the writing on Irish history in the last decade; and giving due allowance to the early period of Irish history, which not all survey works of this kind typically do. The book has an accessible style that will nevertheless appeal to those coming to the subject matter for the first time. Summing Up: Recommended. General, public, undergraduate collections.