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Beschreibung
The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have long been seen as a foundational period for modern Irish political traditions such as nationalism, republicanism and unionism. The Case of Ireland offers a fresh account of Ireland's neglected role in European debates about commerce and empire in what was a global era of war and revolution. Drawing on a broad range of writings from merchants, agrarian improvers, philosophers, politicians and revolutionaries across Europe, this book shows how Ireland became a field of conflict and projection between rival visions of politics in commercial society, associated with the warring empires of Britain and France. It offers a new perspective on the crisis and transformation of the British Empire at the end of the eighteenth century, and restores Ireland to its rightful place at the centre of European intellectual history.
The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have long been seen as a foundational period for modern Irish political traditions such as nationalism, republicanism and unionism. The Case of Ireland offers a fresh account of Ireland's neglected role in European debates about commerce and empire in what was a global era of war and revolution. Drawing on a broad range of writings from merchants, agrarian improvers, philosophers, politicians and revolutionaries across Europe, this book shows how Ireland became a field of conflict and projection between rival visions of politics in commercial society, associated with the warring empires of Britain and France. It offers a new perspective on the crisis and transformation of the British Empire at the end of the eighteenth century, and restores Ireland to its rightful place at the centre of European intellectual history.
Über den Autor
James Stafford studied history at Oxford and Cambridge, completing his doctoral research in 2016. After postdoctoral work in Oxford and Bielefeld he is now Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University. He is a frequent commentator on contemporary British and European politics for a range of outlets, and was co-editor of Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy from 2015-20.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. The enlightenment critique of empire in Ireland, c. 1750-1776; 2. Commerce without empire? 'Free trade' and 'legislative independence', 1776-1787; 3. Property, revolution and peace, 1789-1803; 4. Enlightenment against revolution: commerce, aristocracy and the case for union, 1798-1801; 5. The granary of Great Britain: war, population and agriculture 1798-1815; 6. Democracy, nationality and the social question, 1815-1848; Conclusion: Ireland between empires.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009013741
ISBN-10: 1009013742
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stafford, James
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Stafford
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,452 kg
Artikel-ID: 129227005

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