Popular Opposition to Irish Home Rule in Edwardian Britain

by Daniel Jackson

This book is a salutary reminder that the realities of British politics before 1914 were more complex and rather different from the 'whiggish' stereotypes about New Liberalism, and the rise of Labour and class politics which have dominated our understanding of late Edwardian Britain. Jackson's groundbreaking research shows that from the start of the Third Home Rule Bill crisis, there was in Britain considerable popular interest in the Irish issue,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846311985
• ISBN13: 9781846311987
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"