London : Allen Lane ; The Penguin Press, 1988. 7th edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Penguin history. Physical description: xiii, 688 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Notes: Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1988. Contents: Varieties of Irishness -- ch. 1. 'Wild shamrock manners' : Ireland in 1600 -- ch. 2. 'Nationalism' and recusancy -- ch. 3. Plantation : theory and practice -- ch. 4. Confederate Ireland -- ch. 5. Cromwellian Ireland -- ch. 6. Restoration Ireland -- ch. 7. Shipwreck and deliverance : the foundations of ascendancy -- ch. 8. The ascendancy mind -- ch. 9. Economy, society and the 'hidden' Irelands -- ch. 10. The structure of politics -- ch. 11. Americans, volunteers and the politics of 'patriotism' -- ch. 12. 'Enthusiasm defying punishment' : revolution, Republicanism and reaction -- ch. 13. The mobilization of popular politics -- ch. 14. The famine : before and after -- ch. 15. Ireland abroad -- ch. 16. Land, politics and nationalism -- ch. 17. The politics of Parnellism -- ch. 18. The 'new' nationalism -- pt. 19. War and revolution -- 20. The takeover -- 21. In a free state -- 22. The de Valera dispensation -- ch. 23. 'Modern' Ireland? Subjects: Since 1600Geschichte 1600-1972; Seventeenth century; Ireland History; Northern Ireland History.

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Bookseller: MW Books Ltd. (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 410927
Title: Modern Ireland 1600-1972
Author: Foster, R. F. (Robert Fitzroy)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
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Edition: 7th edition
ISBN 10: 0713990104
ISBN 13: 9780713990102
Publisher: London : Allen Lane ; The Penguin Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1988

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