Social Conflict in Pre-famine Ireland: The Case of County Roscommon Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Social Conflict in Pre-famine Ireland: The Case of County Roscommon Book

The author investigates social conflict in Roscommon during the fifty years before the Famine. He demonstrates that both nationalist and modernization explanations of social conflict in pre-Famine Ireland are unsatisfactory. Where nationalist historiography viewed such conflicts as proto-national, and modernization theories saw them as primitive rebellions,òHuggins considers that pre-Famine unrest is best understood in terms of an Irish ?moral economy? in which traditional and customary notions of justice and rights were conjoined with radical ideas. He examines the use of the ?moral economy? concept in an Irish context, assesses the reliability of the sources and conducts a detailed analysis of the evidence from Co. Roscommon, concluding that pre-Famine popular protest originated in considerably more complex and sophisticated beliefs, influences and objectives than has hitherto been understood.Read More

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  • 185182653X
  • 9781851826537
  • Michael Huggins
  • 13 February 2007
  • Four Courts Press Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 221
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