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The study of Irish history, once riven and constricted, has recently enjoyed a resurgence, with new practitioners, new approaches, and new methods of investigation. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History represents the diversity of this emerging talent and achievement by bringing together 36 leading scholars of modern Ireland and embracing 400 years of Irish history, uniting early and late modernists as well as contemporary historians. TheHandbook offers a set of scholarly perspectives drawn from numerous disciplines, including history, political science, literature, geography, and the Irish language. It looks at the Irish at home as well as in theirmigrant and diasporic communities. The Handbook combines sets of wide thematic and interpretative essays, with more detailed investigations of particular periods. Each of the contributors offers a summation of the state of scholarship within their subject area, linking their own research insights with assessments of future directions within the discipline. In its breadth and depth and diversity, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History offers anauthoritative and vibrant portrayal of the history of modern Ireland.

Author Biography

Alvin Jackson was educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has been Lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin and Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. Among his books are Ireland 1798-1998: War, Peace and Beyond (2010) and The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (2012).

Table of Contents

List of ContributorsPART I: INTRODUCTION1: Alvin Jackson: Irish History in the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesPART II: THEMATIC STUDIESNation, Empire, and Landscape2: Sean Connolly: Patriotism and Nationalism3: Alvin Jackson: Loyalists and Unionists4: Stephen Howe: Colonized and Colonizers: Ireland in the British Empire5: Yvonne Whelan: Landscape and PoliticsPeople, Culture, and the Economy6: Terence Dooley: Land and the People7: Enda Delaney: Migration and Diaspora8: Philip Ollerenshaw: Business and Industry9: Marianne Elliott: Faith in Ireland, 1600-200010: Maria Luddy: Gender and Irish History11: Margaret Kelleher: Irish Literary Culture in English12: Fintan Cullen: Visual Arts13: Toby Barnard: Material Cultures14: Robert J. Savage: Film and Broadcast MediaPART III: PERIOD STUDIESThe Third Kingdom: Ireland, c.1580-169015: Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin: Plantation, 1580-164116: Jane Ohlmeyer: Confederation and Union, 1641-166017: Nicholas Canny: Ireland and Continental Europe, c.1600-c.175018: Ted McCormick: Restoration Ireland, 1660-168819: Robert Armstrong: The War of the Three Kings, 1689-1691Ascendancy Ireland (1691-1801)20: D. W. Hayton: Early Hanoverian Ireland, 1690-175021: David Dickson: Famine and Economic Change in Eighteenth Century Ireland22: Éamonn Ó Ciardha: Irish-Language Sources for the History of Early Modern Ireland23: Maurice J. Bric: Ireland and the Atlantic World, 1690-184024: James Kelly: Patriot Politics, 1750-179125: Patrick Geoghegan: Rising and Union, 1791-1801British State and Catholic Nation (1800-1920)26: Thomas Bartlett: The Emergence of the Irish Catholic Nation, 1750-185027: Peter Gray: Famine and Land, 1845-188028: Donald M. MacRaild: Emigration, 1800-192029: Matthew Kelly: Home Rule and its Enemies30: Timothy Bowman: Ireland and the First World War31: Niall Whelehan: The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923Dominion, Republic, and Home Rule: The Two Irelands, 1920-200832: Fearghal McGarry: Southern Ireland, 1922-1932: A Free State?33: Diarmaid Ferriter: De Valera's Ireland, 1932-195834: Henry Patterson: Unionism, 1921-197235: Eunan O'Halpin: The Second World War and Ireland36: Brian Girvin: The Lemass Legacy and the Making of Contemporary Ireland, 1958-201137: Paul Arthur: The Long War and its Aftermath, 1969-2007

Review

Each chapter is not only an insightful discussion of a particular theme or period, but also a brief digest of important scholarly work, with particular attention for lacunae in the scholarship ... the Handbook is both an excellent introduction to Irish history and an important reference work * Christopher Cusack, The Times Literary Supplement *
this substantial (786 pages) collection of essays manifests all that is admirable and valuable [in the Handbook series] ... the volume is fundamentally exciting and stimulating ... [Jackson's introduction] is invaluable ... the volume provides a much-needed, substantial, conscious attempt to provide a timetable and destination guide to a new emergent Irish history ... [and] intelligent and thought-provoking guidance for understanding new themes and research ... this work will be extraordinarily useful for students and scholars of Irish studies everywhere * Paul Townend, Irish Literary Supplement *
what Alvin Jackson has done with this overview is to provide one of the most extensive overviews of Irish history, calling on 36 leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines ... as such this is very much a handbook which should be in the possession of anyone studying and researching Irish history -- not only does it offer a useful introduction to Irish history and historiography, it is also a crucial reference work * English Historical Review *
it is likely to become an essential first port of call for anyone with a serious interest in Irish history for years to come * Irish Catholic Books of the Year *
truly a blockbuster ... 36 chapters from leading scholars on a comprehensive range of topics, from thematic studies to more chronological accounts of Irish history since the late 16th century, cumulatively amounting to a panoramic prospectus of the current state of Irish historiography * History Ireland *
the work is an excellent contribution to the field ... [and] an excellent teaching tool * Irish Studies Review *
fully up to the standard of the celebrated Oxford Handbook series ... Jackson's fine opening essay draws on his widely admired archival research on the avatars of professionalism in the Irish historical scene -- Robin Dudley Edwards, TW Moody and JC Beckett * Paul Bew, Irish Times *
The OUP Handbook of Modern Irish History, ranging over the last five centuries, imaginatively and expertly edited by Alvin Jackson, offers a rich cornucopia of perspectives from the 36 contributors, skilfully blending the chronological with the thematic in summarising the most recent understanding of topics and periods, while frequently and fruitfully meditating on possible future directions of enquiry. It is essential reading for understanding both how Ireland has got here, and for pondering possible further approaches to the historiography of the past five centuries * J.J. Lee, New York University *

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The study of Irish history, once riven and constricted, has recently enjoyed a resurgence, with new practitioners, new approaches, and new methods of investigation. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History represents the diversity of this emerging talent and achievement by bringing together 36 leading scholars of modern Ireland and embracing 400 years of Irish history, uniting early and late modernists as well as contemporary historians. TheHandbook offers a set of scholarly perspectives drawn from numerous disciplines, including history, political science, literature, geography, and the Irish language. It looks at the Irish at home as well as in theirmigrant and diasporic communities. The Handbook combines sets of wide thematic and interpretative essays, with more detailed investigations of particular periods. Each of the contributors offers a summation of the state of scholarship within their subject area, linking their own research insights with assessments of future directions within the discipline. In its breadth and depth and diversity, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History offers anauthoritative and vibrant portrayal of the history of modern Ireland.

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Prof Alvin Jackson has put together a collection of 36 highly competent "state of the art" essays fully up to the standard of the celebrated Oxford Handbook series.

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Includes the work of 36 leading scholars from a range of scholarly disciplinesCovers 400 years of a significant period of Irish historyCombines wide-span thematic and more detailed chronological approachesContains the latest research insights as well as direction for future study

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List of Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Irish History in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Alvin Jackson PART II: THEMATIC STUDIES Nation, Empire, and Landscape 2. Patriotism and Nationalism, Sean Connolly 3. Loyalists and Unionists, Alvin Jackson 4. Colonized and Colonizers: Ireland in the British Empire, Stephen Howe 5. Landscape and Politics, Yvonne Whelan People, Culture, and the Economy 6. Land and the People, Terence Dooley 7. Migration and Diaspora, Enda Delaney 8. Business and Industry, Philip Ollerenshaw 9. Faith in Ireland, 1600-2000, Marianne Elliott 10. Gender and Irish History, Maria Luddy 11. Irish Literary Culture in English, Margaret Kelleher 12. Visual Arts, Fintan Cullen 13. Material Cultures, Toby Barnard 14. Film and Broadcast Media, Robert J. Savage PART III: PERIOD STUDIES The Third Kingdom: Ireland, c.1580-1690 15. Plantation, 1580-1641, Tadhg O hAnnrachain 16. Confederation and Union, 1641-1660, Jane Ohlmeyer 17. Ireland and Continental Europe, c.1600-c.1750, Nicholas Canny 18. Restoration Ireland, 1660-1688, Ted McCormick 19. The War of the Three Kings, 1689-1691, Robert Armstrong Ascendancy Ireland (1691-1801) 20. Early Hanoverian Ireland, 1690-1750, D. W. Hayton 21. Famine and Economic Change in Eighteenth Century Ireland, David Dickson 22. Irish-Language Sources for the History of Early Modern Ireland, Eamonn O Ciardha 23. Ireland and the Atlantic World, 1690-1840, Maurice J. Bric 24. Patriot Politics, 1750-1791, James Kelly 25. Rising and Union, 1791-1801, Patrick Geoghegan British State and Catholic Nation (1800-1920) 26. The Emergence of the Irish Catholic Nation, 1750-1850, Thomas Bartlett 27. Famine and Land, 1845-1880, Peter Gray 28. Emigration, 1800-1920, Donald M. MacRaild 29. Home Rule and its Enemies, Matthew Kelly 30. Ireland and the First World War, Timothy Bowman 31. The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923, Niall Whelehan Dominion, Republic, and Home Rule: The Two Irelands, 1920-2008 32. Southern Ireland, 1922-1932: A Free State?, Fearghal McGarry 33. De Valera's Ireland, 1932-1958, Diarmaid Ferriter 34. Unionism, 1921-1972, Henry Patterson 35. The Second World War and Ireland, Eunan O'Halpin 36. The Lemass Legacy and the Making of Contemporary Ireland, 1958-2011, Brian Girvin 37. The Long War and its Aftermath, 1969-2007, Paul Arthur

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