Dr Gareth Mulvenna

Broschiertes Buch

Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries

The Loyalist Backlash

Beschreibung

In the violent maelstrom of early 1970s Belfast many young members of the loyalist youth gangs known as â Tartansâ joined the fledgling paramilitary groups â this is an in-depth account of that dramatic convergence.

Autor

Gareth Mulvenna has previously worked as a parliamentary researcher in the Northern Ireland Assembly and during the writing of 'Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries' he held a Visiting Research fellowship at Queen's University Belfast School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy. Gareth was a member of History Hub Ulster for whom he carried out research on the historic Craigavon House in East Belfast. He is a committee member of Donegall Pass Social History Group and a trustee of the REACH (Renewing, Engaging and Advancing Community Hopes) Project which seeks to address socio-economic issues in loyalist working class areas of Greater Belfast and North Down.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 270mm x 235mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781781383261
• ISBN-10: 178138326X
• Artikelnr.: 45559144