Class and Community in Provincial Ireland, 1851-1914

This book explores the experience of small farmers, labourers and graziers in provincial Ireland from the immediacy of the Famine until the eve of World War One. During this period of immense social and political change, they came to grips with the processes of modernisation. By focusing upon east G...

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Main Author: Casey, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319711201
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The post-Famine landscape, estate management and agricultural improvement in east Galway, 1851-1914
  • 3 Educational provision and religious tensions, 1853-1863
  • 4 A check on deference: Electioneering, the Fenians and the Catholic Church: Galway 1872 and Mayo 1874
  • 5 The construction of a proletarian political movement: The Ballinasloe Tenant Defence Association, 1876-1879
  • 6 The first phase of the Land War and beyond, 1879-1885
  • 7 The era of the Plan of Campaign, 1885-1891
  • 8 Plus ca change: Continuity and change in a community, 1891-1914
  • 9 Conclusion.