Marc Mulholland (St Catherine's Colleg Professor of Modern History

Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

From the Plantation of Ulster to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict. This book explores the pivotal moments in Northern Irish history - the rise of republicanism in the 1800s, Home Rule, the growth of Sinn Fein, and the DUP, before bringing the story up to date.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 108mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780198825005
• ISBN-10: 0198825005
• Artikelnr.: 57792159

Autorenporträt

Marc Mulholland is Professor of Modern History at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, where his research interests concern Ireland since the Famine, and the History of Political Thought since the French Revolution. He is the author of several books, including Bourgeois Liberty and the Politics of Fear: From Absolutism to Neo-Conservatism (OUP, 2012), and, most recently, The Murderer of Warren Street (Hutchinson, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Glossary
Chapter 1: The origins of the Troubles
Chapter 2: The government
Chapter 3: Paramilitarism
Chapter 4: The political parties
Chapter 5: The twenty-first century
References
Further Reading
Index