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Ireland (Inventing the Nation) Book
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This history of Ireland focuses on the ways in which the nation has been depicted by competing interests, from political factions to religious groups to commercial powers. By examining the origins of Ireland's various identities, and looking at Irish culture, religion, and language, Comerford offers an original work of scholarship that analyzes Ireland's rich history and traces the formation of its national identity.
Richard Vincent Comerford is Professor of Modern History at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland.This history of Ireland focuses on the ways in which the nation has been depicted by competing interests, from political factions to religious groups to commercial powers. By examining the origins of Ireland's various identities, and looking at Irish culture, religion, and language, Comerford offers an original work of scholarship that analyzes Ireland's rich history and traces the formation of its national identity.This history of Ireland focuses on the ways in which the nation has been depicted by competing interests, from political factions to religious groups to commercial powers. By examining the origins of Ireland's various identities, and looking at Irish culture, religion, and language, Comerford offers an original work of scholarship that analyzes Ireland's rich history and traces the formation of its national identity.
"This book gains credibility from its sensitivity to the relevance of concepts of nationhood outside the abstract concerns of academia."—Irish Studies Review"The scholarship and clarity of argument is hugely impressive. A whole range of historical stereotypes are effectively challenged." —HISTORY: Journal of the Historical Association
- 0340731125
- 9780340731123
- Richard Vincent Comerford
- 29 August 2003
- Hodder Education
- Paperback (Book)
- 320
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