Modern Ireland, 1600-1972

New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1989, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing; xiii, 688 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0713990104; 9780713990102; 0140125108; 9780140125108; 0140132503; 9780140132502 LCCN: 89-118698 ; LC: DA938; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 19775262 ; A history of Ireland from 1600 through 1972, examining its social, cultural, economic, and political factors. ; black cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; Contents : Varieties of Irishness -- 'Wild shamrock manners' : Ireland in 1600 -- 'Nationalism' and recusancy -- Plantation : theory and practice -- Confederate Ireland -- Cromwellian Ireland -- Restoration Ireland -- Shipwreck and deliverance : the foundations of ascendancy -- The ascendancy mind -- Economy, society and the 'hidden' Irelands -- The structure of politics -- Americans, volunteers and the politics of 'patriotism' -- 'Enthusiasm defying punishment' : revolution, Republicanism and reaction -- The mobilization of popular politics -- The famine : before and after -- Ireland abroad -- Land, politics and nationalism -- The politics of Parnellism -- The 'new' nationalism -- War and revolution -- The takeover -- In a free state -- The de Valera dispensation -- 'Modern' Ireland? ; "Here is a wide-ranging, unique, and personal view of the evolution of modern Ireland over three-and-a-half centuries. Lively biographical footnotes add a further dimension to the text." ; Roy Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Hertford College.; large, thick volume ; VG.