The Irish Civil War and Society

Politics, Class, and Conflict
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-49061-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foster, G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Re-approaching the Social Dimensions of the Irish Civil War 2. Pro-Treaty Social Attitudes and Perceptions of Republicans 3. Republican Social Attitudes and Perceptions of the Free State 4. Social and Political Meanings of Clothing Pre- to Post-Revolution 5. The Varieties of Social Conflict in the Civil War 6. State Repression in the Civil War's Aftermath 7. Winners and Losers: Financial Victimization and the Economics of Animosity after the Civil War 8. IRA emigration and the Social Outcomes of the Civil War Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin M. Foster is Associate Professor of Modern Irish History in the School of Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University, Canada. He has published on the Irish Revolution in various journals and edited collections and is currently working on an oral history project on later generation memory of the Irish Civil War.