Publisher's Synopsis
The years from 1879 to 1921 mark the mass mobilisation of both Catholics and Protestants, especially Ulster Protestants who emerged as a distinctive force after 1885, and the increasing assertiveness of cultural nationalists, labour and women. This volume investigates the complexities, perspectives, methodologies and debates on the themes of the era of what can be termed the Irish revolution or the long gestation. Its focus is the issues of land, politics, cultural revivalism, the postû1916 rebellion, demography and social conditions, religion, the diaspora, urbanisation and labour, and the emergence of a women's movement.
