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Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans : The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution /

A bloody episode that epitomized the political dilemmas of the eighteenth centuryIn 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whatmore, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART I. Rebellion
  • Chapter one. The Power of Place
  • Chapter two. The Waterford Experiment
  • PART II. Divided Geneva
  • Chapter three. Religion and Enlightenment
  • Chapter four. Extremism
  • Chapter five. Civil War
  • Chapter six. Revolution and Exodus
  • PART III. Disunited Ireland
  • Chapter seven. Ireland: Oppression and Opportunity
  • Chapter eight. Shelburne
  • Chapter nine. New Geneva
  • Chapter ten. Barracks and Prison
  • Conclusion. After Revolution
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index