The Irish Experience: A Concise History

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xiii
• Part I From Cuchulain to O'Connell, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1800 1
• Chapter 1Celtic, Christian, and Scandinavian Ireland, 200 B.C.--A.D. 1170 1
• Chapter 2 The Anglo-Norman Conquest, A.D. 1170-1700 8
• Chapter 3 The Age of Swift, 1700-1750 31
• Chapter 4 The Age of Burke, 1750-1800 40
• Part II from Province to Nation-State, 1801-1921 53
• Chapter 5 Catholic Emancipation, 1801-1829 53
• Chapter 6 Repeal and British Politics, 1830-1845 67
• Chapter 7 Famine and Fenianism, 1845-1870 87
• Chapter 8 Home Rule and the Land War, 1870-1882 108
• Chapter 9 Home Rule and British Politics, 1882-1906 123
• Chapter 10 Currents and Crises in Irish Nationalism, 1880-1914 137
• Chapter 11 Wars of Liberation, 1914-1921 154

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xiii
• Part I From Cuchulain to O'Connell, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1800 1
• Chapter 1Celtic, Christian, and Scandinavian Ireland, 200 B.C.--A.D. 1170 1
• Chapter 2 The Anglo-Norman Conquest, A.D. 1170-1700 8
• Chapter 3 The Age of Swift, 1700-1750 31
• Chapter 4 The Age of Burke, 1750-1800 40
• Part II from Province to Nation-State, 1801-1921 53
• Chapter 5 Catholic Emancipation, 1801-1829 53
• Chapter 6 Repeal and British Politics, 1830-1845 67
• Chapter 7 Famine and Fenianism, 1845-1870 87
• Chapter 8 Home Rule and the Land War, 1870-1882 108
• Chapter 9 Home Rule and British Politics, 1882-1906 123
• Chapter 10 Currents and Crises in Irish Nationalism, 1880-1914 137
• Chapter 11 Wars of Liberation, 1914-1921 154
• Part III from Free State to Republic, 1922-1988 167
• Chapter 12 The Irish Free State, 1922-1932: A Reluctant Dominion 167
• Chapter 13 The De Valera Era, 1932-1959: Continuity and Change in Irish Life 191
• Chapter 14 Modern Ireland, 1959-1988: Adjusting to a European Future 220
• Chapter 15 The Northern Specter, 1920-1988: A Continuing Crisis in the Conflict of Cultures 230
• Chapter 16 Irish America and the Contemporary Conflict in Northern Ireland 248
• Chapter 17 Ireland in the 1990s 255
• Recommended Reading 268
• Special Topics 279
• Selected Titles Relating To the Irish Experience Published Since 1987 284
• Index 289
• About the Authors 303