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Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

David George Boyce
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How societies use the past is one of their most revealing traits. Using this insight "Ireland's Polemical Past" examines how the inhabitants of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland plundered their pasts for polemical reasons. The ten essays explore how revolutionaries, politicians, churchmen, artists, tourists and builders used the Irish past in creating and justifying their own position in contemporary society. The result is a varied portrait of the problems and tensions in nineteenth and early twentieth-century society that these people tried to solve by resorting to the Irish past for inspiration and justification to make their world work. This is a book that will appeal to those who have an interest in the making of modern Ireland as well as those concerned with writing about the Irish past at any level.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Release
January 25, 2010
ISBN
1906359458
ISBN 13
9781906359454

Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

David George Boyce
3.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
How societies use the past is one of their most revealing traits. Using this insight "Ireland's Polemical Past" examines how the inhabitants of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland plundered their pasts for polemical reasons. The ten essays explore how revolutionaries, politicians, churchmen, artists, tourists and builders used the Irish past in creating and justifying their own position in contemporary society. The result is a varied portrait of the problems and tensions in nineteenth and early twentieth-century society that these people tried to solve by resorting to the Irish past for inspiration and justification to make their world work. This is a book that will appeal to those who have an interest in the making of modern Ireland as well as those concerned with writing about the Irish past at any level.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Release
January 25, 2010
ISBN
1906359458
ISBN 13
9781906359454

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