The Partition of Ireland (Redrawing the Map)

Small, Cathleen

ISBN 10: 1502635623 ISBN 13: 9781502635624

Publisher: Cavendish Square, 2018

Synopsis

While many students recognize that Ireland is divided into two jurisdictions, Ireland and Northern Ireland, few know the history behind the split and how it affected the region as a whole, as well as the rest of Europe and the world. With plenty of photographs, maps, fast facts, and sidebars, this book traces the history of conflict in Ireland, the geography of the two jurisdictions, and the cultural divides that existed before the split and that have resulted from it.

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Gr 9 Up-Starting with burning contemporary and recent conflicts, this series brings vast fields of history within a clear lens of understanding. Earlier chapters in each book trace the histories of the included cultures and set more recent events in the context of longer historical movements. However, authors occasionally try to take on too much-for example, lurching from the settlement of the Indus Valley 60,000 years ago to English colonial rule, all in the space of a few pages. Side articles provide important context, noting the sheer cultural and spatial vastness of the Soviet Union (182 ethnic groups and 149 languages in 1923) or profiling David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister. Photos of the Irish civil war and the partition of India and Pakistan are especially poignant. Each title includes links to online videos as well as a lengthy bibliography. VERDICT Thoughtfully organized and well researched, all volumes are highly ­recommended.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cavendish Square
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1502635623
• ISBN 13: 9781502635624
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112