{"product_id":"modern-ireland-isbn-9780140132502","title":"Modern Ireland","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis masterful blend of narrative and interpretation examines how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the \"Irish Nation\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland: 1600-1972\u003c\/i\u003e, R.F. Foster provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of Irish history and key cultural, religious, and political events that shaped the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most brilliant and courageous Irish historian of his generation\"\u003cbr\u003e—Colm Tóibín, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable ... Foster gives a wise and balanced account of both forces of unity and forces of diversity ... a master work of scholarship\"\u003cbr\u003e—Bernard Crick, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'A tour de force ... Anyone who really wants to make sense of Ireland and the Irish must read Roy Foster's magnificent and accessible \u003ci\u003eModern Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—Anthony Clare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A magnificent book. It supersedes all other accounts of modern Irish history\"\u003cbr\u003e—Conor Cruise O'Brien, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Varieties of Irishness\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: 'Wild Shamrock Manners': Ireland in 1600\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: 'Nationalism' and Recusancy\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Plantation: Theory and Practice\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Confederate Ireland\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Cromwellian Ireland\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Restoration Ireland\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Shipwreck and Deliverance: The Foundations of Ascendancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: The Ascendancy Mind\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Economy, Society, and the 'Hidden' Ireland\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: The Structure of Politics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven: Americans, Volunteers and the Politics of 'Patriotism'\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve: 'Enthusiasm Defying Punishment': Revolution, Republicanism and Reaction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen: The Mobilization of Popular Politics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen: The Famine: Before and After\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen: Ireland Abroad\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen: Land, Politics and Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen: The Politics of Panellism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen: The 'New' Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen: War and Revolution\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty: The Takeover\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-one: In a Free State\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-two: The de Valera Dispensation\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-three: 'Modern' Ireland?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix:\u003cbr\u003eProclamation of the Republic\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Subjects\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Names\u003c\/p\u003eR. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include The Irish Story and W. B. Yeats: A Life.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302056415461,"sku":"NP9780140132502","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140132502.jpg?v=1767732862","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/modern-ireland-isbn-9780140132502","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}