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Burning the Big House : The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution /
The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the ground. These "Big Houses" were powerful symbols of conquest, plantation, and col...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- I. 'DAYS OF GRANDEUR AND GRAVITY': The Great War, 1914-18
- 1. 'THE IRISH LANDLORDS HAVE BECOME THE VICTIMS OF A REVOLUTION': BEFORE THE GREAT WAR, 1879-1914
- 2. 'THE UN-MARTIALLED LOYALISTS OF THE SOUTH': THE GREAT WAR, PART I
- 3. 'ALL THE GENTRY HAVE SUFFERED': THE GREAT WAR, PART II
- II. 'A BONFIRE FOR A GENERATION': Burning the Big House, 1920-23
- 4. 'CASTLES, MANSIONS AND RESIDENCES WERE SENT UP IN FLAMES'
- 5. 'I THINK THE GREED OF LAND IS AT THE ROOT OF THIS CLASS OF CRIME'
- III. 'THIS IS WHAT YOUR PAST HERE MEANS TO US': Destruction, Looting and Compensation
- 6. 'GRASS GROWS WHERE THE SALOONS WERE': A CASE STUDY OF MITCHELSTOWN CASTLE
- 7. 'THERE WERE HENS ROOSTING ON VALUABLE OIL PAINTINGS': DESTRUCTION AND LOOTING, 1920-23
- 8. 'SERMONS IN STONES': COMPENSATING COUNTRY HOUSE OWNERS
- IV. 'THE LAST REMNANT OF IRISH LANDLORDISM': Conclusion
- 9. THE END OF REVOLUTION?
- ENDNOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX