Home Rule by Alvin Jackson
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 breakup of the United Kingdom.
We are expecting good coverage for this title, a timely book and a well-connected, good writerHe will be busy with University matters on publication and so we are now looking at a 12 June press date for reviews. We will be giving Alvin a small launch in Ulster on the 19th at the Ulster Museum and he is also having another launch in Dublin on Tuesday 24 at Boston College. Reviews are now coming in: "As an unfulfilled historical possibility, home rule has provoked much debate... Jackson's book is now the best guide."SUNDAY TIMES "Absorbing and highly intelligent study."FINANCIAL TIMES "An essential work for anyone wanting to understand why the relationship between Britain and Ireland
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. He has contributed to the Oxford Companion to Irish History and the Oxford Companion to British History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842127247 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842127241 |
| Title | Home Rule |
| Author | Alvin Jackson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2003-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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