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- PublisherIrish Books & Media
- Publication date1966
- ISBN 10 0900068272
- ISBN 13 9780900068270
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages188
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Captain Boycott
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(1966)
ISBN 10: 0900068272
ISBN 13: 9780900068270
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Good. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount. Seller Inventory # 1M5000006E5I_ns
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Captain Boycott - [The Man whose name gave a dreaded word to the english language in the stormy days of the Land League].
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Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Anvil Books.
(1966)
ISBN 10: 0900068272
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Book Description 17 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the verb "to boycott". He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. After retiring from the army, Boycott worked as a land agent for Lord Erne, a landowner in the Lough Mask area of County Mayo. In 1880, as part of its campaign for the Three Fs (fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sale) and specifically in resistance to proposed evictions on the estate, local activists of the Irish National Land League encouraged Boycott's employees (including the seasonal workers required to harvest the crops on Lord Erne's estate) to withdraw their labour, and began a campaign of isolation against Boycott in the local community. This campaign included shops in nearby Ballinrobe refusing to serve him, and the withdrawal of services. Some were threatened with violence to ensure compliance. The campaign against Boycott became a cause célèbre in the British press after he wrote a letter to The Times. Newspapers sent correspondents to the West of Ireland to highlight what they viewed as the victimisation of a servant of a peer of the realm by Irish nationalists. Fifty Orangemen from County Cavan and County Monaghan travelled to Lord Erne's estate to harvest the crops, while a regiment of the 19th Royal Hussars and more than 1,000 men of the Royal Irish Constabulary were deployed to protect the harvesters. The episode was estimated to have cost the British government and others at least £10,000 to harvest about £500 worth of crops. Boycott left Ireland on 1 December 1880, and in 1886, became land agent for Hugh Adair's Flixton estate in Suffolk. He died at the age of 65 on 19 June 1897 in his home in Flixton, after an illness earlier that year. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 100746AB
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