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Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland
Jim Smyth (Ed.)
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Description for Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland
Hardcover. Editor(s): Smyth, Jim. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The historian A. T. Q. Stewart once remarked that in Ireland all history is applied history-that is, the study of the past prosecutes political conflict by other means. Indeed, nearly twenty years after the 1998 Belfast Agreement, dealing with the past remains near the top of the political agenda in Northern Ireland. The essays in this volume, by leading experts in the fields of Irish and British history, politics, and international studies, explore the ways in which competing social or collective memories of the Northern Ireland Troubles continue to shape the post-conflict ... Read more
The historian A. T. Q. Stewart once remarked that in Ireland all history is applied history-that is, the study of the past prosecutes political conflict by other means. Indeed, nearly twenty years after the 1998 Belfast Agreement, dealing with the past remains near the top of the political agenda in Northern Ireland. The essays in this volume, by leading experts in the fields of Irish and British history, politics, and international studies, explore the ways in which competing social or collective memories of the Northern Ireland Troubles continue to shape the post-conflict ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268101749
SKU
V9780268101749
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About Jim Smyth (Ed.)
Jim Smyth is professor of Irish and British history at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including, most recently, Cold War Culture, Intellectuals, the Media, and the Practice of History.
Reviews for Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland
The essays in Remembering the Troubles are admirably well-balanced, taking on board the politics of memory among republicans, loyalists, and the British army, and also giving consideration to the implications of commemoration policies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. - Guy Beiner, author of Remembering the Year of the French