Hidden Ireland, Public Sphere

by Joep Leerssen

How did the political climate of "ancien r gime" Ireland, with its colonial-style landlord system, its Penal Laws, and its total cultural segregation, give way to the mounting nationalist groundswell of the
nineteenth century?

This pilot study attempts to sidestep ingrained and outworn debates, and argues that Irish developments around 1800 can be fruitfully studied in the light of historical models elaborated for Continental Europe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903631297
• ISBN13: 9781903631294
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Arlen House
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"