Bitter freedom : Ireland in a revolutionary world
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Author
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
1631491954 (hbk.), 9781631491955 (hbk.)
Physical Desc
xvi, 525 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 941.50821 WALSH 2016
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NF 941.50821 WALSH 2016
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921.
Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Social aspects.
Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1910-1921.
Revolutions -- History -- 20th century.
World politics -- 1919-1932.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects.
Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Social aspects.
Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1910-1921.
Revolutions -- History -- 20th century.
World politics -- 1919-1932.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects.
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1631491954 (hbk.), 9781631491955 (hbk.)
Notes
General Note
"First published in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd. under the title Bitter freedom : Ireland in a revolutionary world, 1918-1922"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The Irish Revolution has long been mythologized in American culture, but seldom understood. For too long, the story of Irish independence and its aftermath has been told only within an Anglo-Irish context. Beginning with the Easter Rising of 1916, Bitter Freedom follows through from the War of Independence to the end of the post-partition civil war in 1924. Walsh renders a history of insurrection, treaty, partition, and civil war in a way that is both compelling and original. Breaking out this history from reductionist, uplifting narratives shrouded in misguided sentiment and romantic falsification, the author provides a gritty, blow-by-blow account of the conflict, from ambushes of soldiers and the swaggering brutality of the Black and Tan militias to city streets raked by sniper fire, police assassinations, and their terrible reprisals; Bitter Freedom provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human face of the conflict. Walsh also weaves surprising threads into the story of Irish independence such as jazz, American movies, and psychoanalysis, examining the broader cultural environment of emerging modernity in the early twentieth century, and he shows how Irish nationalism was shaped by a world brimming with revolutionary potential defined by the twin poles of Woodrow Wilson in America and Vladimir Lenin in Russia.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Walsh, M. (2016). Bitter freedom: Ireland in a revolutionary world (First American edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walsh, Maurice. 2016. Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walsh, Maurice. Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Walsh, Maurice. Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World First American edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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