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Title: The Easter Rising: Revolution and Irish Nationalism by Alan J. Ward ISBN: 0-88295-974-3 Publisher: Harlan Davidson Inc Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Small But Informative
Comment: This book does a great job explaining the politics before and after the Easter Rising of 1916. When I first saw the book, I though it was going to be a book about the events of those days in 1916. But only the first chapter really talks about the actual Easter Rising. So, if you are looking for a book that only does the chronology of Easter 1916, you will be disappointed. But Ward does a great job explaining the difference between Constitutional Nationalist and the militant republican movement. He also does a great job in explaining the cultural differences, and how the Irish republicans used these cultural tools to their advantage. Finally, he ends the book by talking about the increase in Sinn Fein's political participation, due to the events of 1916.
Again, if you are looking for a book purely on Easter 1916, this isn't it (I wish the book did go more in depth into Easter 1916, Pearse, Connolly, and others, that is why I only gave it four stars). But if you are looking for a book that tells the cause and effect of Easter 1916, this is a great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: More than just the Title
Comment: This book is much more than just the Easter Rising. The first chapter explains the Rising rather simply, making it easy to follow along. The following chapters explain everything from the causes of the Rising (Unionists, Republicans, Consititutionalists, Home Rulers, Romantics). It goes back more than a hundred year, giving a quick overview of Irish Colonialism by the English and focusing on the 19th century after the Act of Union in 1800. It includes political, popular, literary, and even sporting movements. Then it explains the imediate events of the Risings and goes on to explain the after effects, including Sinn Finn, etc. This book is really a short history of Anglo-Irish relations. It's written in a manner that anyone can pick it up and set it back down with a well rounded knowledge of the events. It even includes a chapter that explains the effects of Americans on Irish relations. This is a wonderful secondary source sutable for anyone wanted to gain some basic knowledge of the problems in Ireland or wanting to just get a solid background before going on to do any more reading.
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Title: Easter 1916 and Other Poems by W. B. Yeats ISBN: 0486297713 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: Ireland by Joseph Coohill ISBN: 1851682384 Publisher: Oneworld Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Course of Irish History by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin ISBN: 1589790022 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Belfast Diary: War As a Way of Life by John Conroy ISBN: 0807002178 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849 by Cecil Blanche Fitz Gerald Woodham Smith, Cecil Woodham-Smith ISBN: 014014515X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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