A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I
Colonialism
Brendan O'Leary
A groundbreaking analysis on how British colonialism shaped Northern Ireland, and its impact on modern-day conflict. Volume I provides a compelling comparative audit of the scale of recent conflict in Northern Ireland and explains its historical origins. Author Brendan O'Leary offers a politically charged account of direct and indirect rule, colonialism, and the failure of federal reconstructions of the Union. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary institutions and mentalities of Northern Ireland.
Дата публикации
2019-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
2019-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
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4.11
ISBN
9780199243341
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2020-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement, and it would have made my best books of 2019 list (add-ons here) had I known about it earlier. It starts with “An audit of violence after 1966,” and then goes back to the seventeenth century to begin to dig out what happened. It has more detail than almost anyone needs to know, yet at the same time it remains unfailingly conceptual and relies on theoretical social science as well, rather than merely reciting names and dates. Unlike in so many history books, O’Leary is always trying to explain what happened, or what did not. – источник