Repeal and revolution
Subtitle: 1848 in Ireland
By: Christine Kinealy.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780719065163; 9780719065170
Subjects: Ireland -- History -- Rising of 1848; Ireland -- History -- Rising of 1848 -- Causes; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
Description: This study examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising and examines the reasons for its failure. It places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.