| 1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence: From the Easter Rising to the Present Contributor(s): Coogan, Tim Pat (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250110599 ISBN-13: 9781250110596 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | Military - War Of 1812 |
| Dewey: 941.708 |
| LCCN: 2016028518 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously; the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for others and their mission lived on through the century to come. But what sort of country did the Rising create? And how does post-1916 Ireland compare with the aspirations of the rebellion's leaders, the hopes of Thomas MacDonagh and John MacBride, of James Connolly and Patrick Pearse? One hundred years later, Tim Pat Coogan offers a personal perspective on the Irish experience that followed the Rising. He charts a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption, and institutional abuse as it is by the building of a nation and the sacrifices of the Republic's founding fathers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Coogan, Tim Pat: - Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled widespread interest in the revolutionary era. He is also the author of The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, Wherever Green is Worn, and The Famine Plot. |