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1916: Ireland´s Revolutionary Tradition
Kieran Allen
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power. The Easter Rising, as the six days of intense, bloody fighting that followed came to be known, set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history; the `Heroes of `16' becoming a national cultural and political touchstone down the generations. But today, canonised and mummified, the radical visions ... Read more
A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power. The Easter Rising, as the six days of intense, bloody fighting that followed came to be known, set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history; the `Heroes of `16' becoming a national cultural and political touchstone down the generations. But today, canonised and mummified, the radical visions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336329
SKU
V9780745336329
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99-50
About Kieran Allen
Kieran Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Dublin. His books include 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition (Pluto, 2016), Durkheim (Pluto, 2017), Marx (Pluto, 2017) and Weber (Pluto, 2017).
Reviews for 1916: Ireland´s Revolutionary Tradition
'An essential and unparalleled joy to read'
Socialist Review 'A vivid and vital account of how class shaped the national movement which arose in the wake of the Rising - and thus shaped the Ireland we live in today'
Eamonn McCann, Irish journalist, and author of 'War and an Irish Town' (Pluto, 1993) 'A fluent, indignant book'
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Socialist Review 'A vivid and vital account of how class shaped the national movement which arose in the wake of the Rising - and thus shaped the Ireland we live in today'
Eamonn McCann, Irish journalist, and author of 'War and an Irish Town' (Pluto, 1993) 'A fluent, indignant book'
... Read more