The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 4, 1880 to the Present

This final volume in the Cambridge History of Ireland covers the period from the 1880s to the present. Based on the most recent and innovative scholarship and research, the many contributions from experts in their field offer detailed and fresh perspectives on key areas of Irish social, economic, religious, political, demographic, institutional and cultural history. By situating the Irish story, or stories - as for much of these decades two Irelands are in play - in a variety of contexts, Irish and Anglo-Irish, but also European, Atlantic and, latterly, global. The result is an insightful interpretation on the emergence and development of Ireland during these often turbulent decades. Copiously illustrated, with special features on images of the 'Troubles' and on Irish art and sculpture in the twentieth century, this volume will undoubtedly be hailed as a landmark publication by the most recent generation of historians of Ireland. Contents Illustrations Photographic Essay Illustrations Tables and Charts Maps Contributors General Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Abbreviations and conventions General Introduction Preface Additional material Introduction: Ireland 1880– 2016: Negotiating Sovereignty and Freedom Part I. Ireland 1880-1923 1. Radical Nationalisms, 1882– 1916 2. Home Rulers at Westminster, 1880– 1914 3. The Origins, Politics and Culture of Irish Unionism, c .1880– 1916 4. Irish Land Questions, 1879– 1923 5. Social Conditions in Ireland 1880– 1914 6. The Irish Literary Revival 7. The Culture War: The Gaelic League and Irish Ireland Part II. War, Revolution and the Two Irelands, 1914-1945 8. Ireland and the Great War 9. Revolution, 1916– 1923 10. Politics, Economy, Society: Northern Ireland, 1920– 1939 11. Politics, Economy and Society in the Irish Free State, 1922– 1939 12. Neutrality and Belligerence: Ireland, 1939– 1945 Part III. Contemporary Ireland, 1945-2016 13. Stability, Crisis and Change in Post- war Ireland 1945– 1973 14. Ireland Transformed? Modernisation, Secularisation and Conservatism since 1973 15. War and Peace in Northern Ireland: 1965– 2016 The Troubles: A Photographic Essay 16. The Irish economy 1973 to 2016 17. Migration since 1914 18. Broadcasting on the Island of Ireland, 1916–2016 19. Popular Culture in Ireland, 1880– 2016 20. Irish Foreign Policy: 1919 to 1973 Part IV. The Long View, Ireland 1880-2016 21. The Family in Ireland, 1880– 2015 22 . Institutional Space and the Geography of Confinement in Ireland, 1750– 2000 23 . A Short History of Irish Memory in the Long Twentieth Century 24 . Catholicism in Ireland, 1880– 2015: Rise, Ascendancy and Retreat 25. Art and Architecture in Ireland, 1880– 2016 26. Endword: Ireland Looking Outwards, 1880– 2016 Bibliography Index The thousand years explored in this book witnessed developments in the history of Ireland that resonate to this day. Interspersing narrative with detailed analysis of key themes, the first volume in the Cambridge History of Ireland presents the latest thinking on key aspects of the medieval Irish experience. The contributors are leading experts in their fields, and present their original interpretations in a fresh and accessible manner. New perspectives are offered on the politics, artistic culture, religious beliefs and practices, social organisation and economic activity that prevailed on the island in these centuries. At each turn the question is asked: to what extent were these developments unique to Ireland? The openness of Ireland to outside influences, and its capacity to influence the world beyond its shores, are recurring themes. Underpinning the book is a comparative, outward-looking approach that sees Ireland as an integral but exceptional component of medieval Christian Europe This authoritative, accessible and engaging four-volume history vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the present, within its broader Atlantic, European, imperial and global contexts. While the volumes benefit from a strong political narrative framework, they are distinctive also in including essays that address the full range of social, economic, religious, linguistic, military, cultural, artistic and gender history, and in challenging traditional chronological boundaries in a manner that offers new perspectives and insights. Each volume examines Ireland's development within a distinct period, and offers a complete and rounded picture of Irish life, while remaining sensitive to the unique Irish experience. Bringing together an international team of experts, this landmark history both reflects recent developments in the field and sets the agenda for future study This authoritative and engaging four-volume history vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the present, within its broader Atlantic, European, imperial and global contexts. Written by an international team of experts, this landmark history reflects recent developments in the field and sets the agenda for future study.