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The Partition of Ireland: 1918–1925
Robert Lynch
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Partition represents the most fundamental revolution in modern Irish history. By 1925 the country had been divided into two states embodying rival religious and political identities, an outcome unthinkable only a decade before. While often analysed through the lens of elite high politics, partition was by definition a mass participation event, where decision making was shaped by elections, propaganda and savage acts of violence in defence of or in opposition to the new settlement. By examining the complex interaction of nationalism, religion and politics, Robert Lynch seeks to understand how partition was constructed and imagined by Irish people themselves, arguing ... Read more
Partition represents the most fundamental revolution in modern Irish history. By 1925 the country had been divided into two states embodying rival religious and political identities, an outcome unthinkable only a decade before. While often analysed through the lens of elite high politics, partition was by definition a mass participation event, where decision making was shaped by elections, propaganda and savage acts of violence in defence of or in opposition to the new settlement. By examining the complex interaction of nationalism, religion and politics, Robert Lynch seeks to understand how partition was constructed and imagined by Irish people themselves, arguing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521189583
SKU
9780521189583
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About Robert Lynch
Robert Lynch has worked, taught and researched at the University of Stirling, University of Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, Warwick University and Queen's University Belfast. He has published numerous articles and books on the early history of Northern Ireland and the partition era including The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition, 1920–22 (2006), most recently contributing to The Irish ... Read more
Reviews for The Partition of Ireland: 1918–1925
'A scholarly, detailed and historically-minded analysis of an enduringly central feature of Irish politics.' Richard English, Queen's University Belfast 'Robert Lynch has written an insightful and absorbing study of partition. Questions are raised about how we understand the nature of partition, its meaning in modern Irish history, and how it shaped and reshaped the identities of those living with ... Read more