This rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from

This rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from

The second edition of this bestselling survey of modern Irish history covers social, religious as well as political history and offers a distinctive combination

This volume addresses the political, cultural and economic dimensions of Irish life, presenting Ireland as a hybrid of cultures and peoples. Coverage includes:

Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist di