Gerry Fitt: A Political Chameleon
Michael Murphy
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Paperback. 8vo. Nice copy. The North of Ireland.
Fitt was a member of the minority nationalist community in Northern Ireland, which was governed by the Unionist majority, and his early years are by no means untypical of his class, generation and community. However, an interest in politics ensured that Fitt's life would be somewhat more distinctive. This first account of Gerry Fitt's life also investigates the formation of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) of which Fitt was a founder member and first leader. It analyses the role played by Fitt and the SDLP in the attempts to find a solution to the political breakdown that took ... Read more
Fitt was a member of the minority nationalist community in Northern Ireland, which was governed by the Unionist majority, and his early years are by no means untypical of his class, generation and community. However, an interest in politics ensured that Fitt's life would be somewhat more distinctive. This first account of Gerry Fitt's life also investigates the formation of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) of which Fitt was a founder member and first leader. It analyses the role played by Fitt and the SDLP in the attempts to find a solution to the political breakdown that took ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856355315
SKU
KEX0291993
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About Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy lives in Downpatrick. He has a BA Hist/Eng from Strawberry Hill, an MSSc Queen's Belfast and a PhD from Loyola University Chicago.
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