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17%OFFEmmet O´connor - Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker? - 9781906359935 - 9781906359935
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Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?

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Description for Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker? Hardcover. This is the biography of 'Big Jim' Larkin. Through the research of Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O'Connor explores the hidden side of a very private person who kept his ambition behind a veil of silence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 labour history images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 784.
Much has been written about 'Big Jim' Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length biography. Through the research of leading Labour historian Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on newly uncovered and extensive police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O'Connor goes beyond the public figure of heroism to explore the hidden side of a very private person who hated people knowing his business and kept his ambitions and personal demons behind a veil of silence. 'Big Jim' remains the central figure in the history, public history, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781906359935
SKU
9781906359935
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About Emmet O´connor
Emmet O'Connor completed a BA in University College, Galway in 1977, an MA in Galway in 1979 and a PhD at St John's College, Cambridge in 1984. Since 1985 he has lectured in the School of History in Ulster University. Between 1983 and 2001 he co-edited Soother, and is an honorary president of the Irish Labour History Society. He has ... Read more

Reviews for Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?
'Through his re-examination of established sources as well as a range of new material ... O'Connor seeks to present a more comprehensive study of Larkin's life and personality ... Larkin's experiences as family man, international traveller, journalist, and communist provocateur both in America and Ireland are explored, providing us with a more rounded image of Larkin's life than has previously ... Read more

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