Home Rule

Alvin Jackson

ISBN 10: 0753817675 / ISBN 13: 9780753817674

Published by Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London, 2004

About this Item

This is a comprehensive narrative history of British and Irish efforts to establish a devolved parliament and government in Ireland. It explains Home Rule's invention as a means of uniting the Irish people when they were decimated by famine and divided under British rule, and traces its history up to the present day - the Belfast Agreement of 1998 and the faltering Northern Ireland Peace Process. The history of Home Rule is shown to be a history of peaceable compromise - an attempt to contain powerful pressures for self-government without ending British sovereignty. Such attempts failed to deter Ireland's departure from the Union in 1921. It remains to be seen whether the modern inheritors of Home Rule will be any more successful in averting the final break-up of the United Kingdom. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home Rule
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753817675
• ISBN 13: 9780753817674
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 381 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive narrative history of British and Irish efforts to establish a devolved parliament and government in Ireland. It explains Home Rule's invention as a means of uniting the Irish people when they were decimated by famine and divided under British rule, and traces its history up to the present day - the Belfast Agreement of 1998 and the faltering Northern Ireland Peace Process. The history of Home Rule is shown to be a history of peaceable compromise - an attempt to contain powerful pressures for self-government without ending British sovereignty. Such attempts failed to deter Ireland's departure from the Union in 1921. It remains to be seen whether the modern inheritors of Home Rule will be any more successful in averting the final break-up of the United Kingdom.

About the Author

Alvin Jackson has been a lecturer in Modern History at University College, Dublin, and is Professor of Modern Irish History at The Queens University of Belfast.