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Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution / Maurice R. O'Connell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©1965Description: 1 online resource (464 p.) : 16 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812220100
  • 9780812200973
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.57
LOC classification:
  • DA947 .O36 1965eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Irish Opinion on the American Revolution -- III. The Origins of the Free Trade Crisis -- IV. War with France and the Formation of the Volunteers -- V. The Catholic Relief Act of 1778 -- VI. The Free Trade Movement -- VII. The Success of Radicalism -- VIII. The Assault on Imperial Control -- IX. The Collapse of Radicalism -- X. Class Conflicts and the Failure of Radicalism in 1780 -- XI. Carlisle's Quiet Year -- XII. The Revolution of 1782 -- XIII. The Catholic Relief Acts of 1782 -- XIV. Class Conflict and Parliamentary Reform -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In the midst of great expansion and economic growth in the eighteenth century, Ireland was deeply divided along racial, religious, and economic lines. More than two thirds of the population were Catholic, but nearly all the landowners were Anglican. The minority also comprised practically the entire body of lawyers, officers in the army and navy, and holders of political positions. At the same time, a growing middle class of merchants and manufacturers sought to reform Parliament to gain a real share in the political power monopolized by the aristocracy and landed gentry.Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution remains one of the few in-depth studies of the effects of the Revolution on Ireland. Focusing on nine important years of Irish history, 1775 to 1783, from the outbreak of war in colonial America to the year following its conclusion, the book details the social and political conditions of a period crucial to the development of Irish nationalism. Drawing extensively on the Dublin press of the time, Maurice R. O'Connell chronicles such important developments as the economic depression in Britain and the Irish movement for free trade, the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, the rise of the Volunteers, the formation of the Patriot group in the Irish Parliament, and the Revolution of 1782.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Irish Opinion on the American Revolution -- III. The Origins of the Free Trade Crisis -- IV. War with France and the Formation of the Volunteers -- V. The Catholic Relief Act of 1778 -- VI. The Free Trade Movement -- VII. The Success of Radicalism -- VIII. The Assault on Imperial Control -- IX. The Collapse of Radicalism -- X. Class Conflicts and the Failure of Radicalism in 1780 -- XI. Carlisle's Quiet Year -- XII. The Revolution of 1782 -- XIII. The Catholic Relief Acts of 1782 -- XIV. Class Conflict and Parliamentary Reform -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index

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In the midst of great expansion and economic growth in the eighteenth century, Ireland was deeply divided along racial, religious, and economic lines. More than two thirds of the population were Catholic, but nearly all the landowners were Anglican. The minority also comprised practically the entire body of lawyers, officers in the army and navy, and holders of political positions. At the same time, a growing middle class of merchants and manufacturers sought to reform Parliament to gain a real share in the political power monopolized by the aristocracy and landed gentry.Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution remains one of the few in-depth studies of the effects of the Revolution on Ireland. Focusing on nine important years of Irish history, 1775 to 1783, from the outbreak of war in colonial America to the year following its conclusion, the book details the social and political conditions of a period crucial to the development of Irish nationalism. Drawing extensively on the Dublin press of the time, Maurice R. O'Connell chronicles such important developments as the economic depression in Britain and the Irish movement for free trade, the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, the rise of the Volunteers, the formation of the Patriot group in the Irish Parliament, and the Revolution of 1782.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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