The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History (Oxford Handbooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198768214 ISBN 13: 9780198768210

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The study of Irish history, once riven and constricted, has recently enjoyed a resurgence, with new practitioners, new approaches, and new methods of investigation. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History represents the diversity of this emerging talent and achievement by bringing together 36 leading scholars of modern Ireland and embracing 400 years of Irish history, uniting early and late modernists as well as contemporary historians. The Handbook offers a set of scholarly perspectives drawn from numerous disciplines, including history, political science, literature, geography, and the Irish language. It looks at the Irish at home as well as in their migrant and diasporic communities.

The Handbook combines sets of wide thematic and interpretative essays, with more detailed investigations of particular periods. Each of the contributors offers a summation of the state of scholarship within their subject area, linking their own research insights with assessments of future directions within the discipline. In its breadth and depth and diversity, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History offers an authoritative and vibrant portrayal of the history of modern Ireland.

About this title

About the Author:

Alvin Jackson was educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has been Lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin and Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. Among his books are Ireland 1798-1998: War, Peace and Beyond (2010) and The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (2012).

Review:

The OUP Handbook of Modern Irish History, ranging over the last five centuries, imaginatively and expertly edited by Alvin Jackson, offers a rich cornucopia of perspectives from the 36 contributors, skilfully blending the chronological with the thematic in summarising the most recent understanding of topics and periods, while frequently and fruitfully meditating on possible future directions of enquiry. It is essential reading for understanding both how Ireland has got here, and for pondering possible further approaches to the historiography of the past five centuries * J.J. Lee, New York University * fully up to the standard of the celebrated Oxford Handbook series ... Jackson's fine opening essay draws on his widely admired archival research on the avatars of professionalism in the Irish historical scene - Robin Dudley Edwards, TW Moody and JC Beckett * Paul Bew, Irish Times * the work is an excellent contribution to the field ... [and] an excellent teaching tool * Irish Studies Review * truly a blockbuster ... 36 chapters from leading scholars on a comprehensive range of topics, from thematic studies to more chronological accounts of Irish history since the late 16th century, cumulatively amounting to a panoramic prospectus of the current state of Irish historiography * History Ireland * it is likely to become an essential first port of call for anyone with a serious interest in Irish history for years to come * Irish Catholic Books of the Year * what Alvin Jackson has done with this overview is to provide one of the most extensive overviews of Irish history, calling on 36 leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines ... as such this is very much a handbook which should be in the possession of anyone studying and researching Irish history - not only does it offer a useful introduction to Irish history and historiography, it is also a crucial reference work * English Historical Review * this substantial (786 pages) collection of essays manifests all that is admirable and valuable [in the Handbook series] ... the volume is fundamentally exciting and stimulating ... [Jackson's introduction] is invaluable ... the volume provides a much-needed, substantial, conscious attempt to provide a timetable and destination guide to a new emergent Irish history ... [and] intelligent and thought-provoking guidance for understanding new themes and research ... this work will be extraordinarily useful for students and scholars of Irish studies everywhere * Paul Townend, Irish Literary Supplement * Each chapter is not only an insightful discussion of a particular theme or period, but also a brief digest of important scholarly work, with particular attention for lacunae in the scholarship ... the Handbook is both an excellent introduction to Irish history and an important reference work * Christopher Cusack, The Times Literary Supplement *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0198768214
• ISBN 13: 9780198768210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800
• Editor: Jackson Alvin