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For God and Ireland : the fight for moral superiority in Ireland, 1922-1932 /
In recent years, two institutional pillars of Irish society, the Catholic Church and Fianna Fail, have dramatically crumbled in prestige. Together they held up much of 20th-century Irish life, in (apparently) mutually-supporting ways. In contrast to this harmonious image, author M.P. McCabe examines...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dublin ; Portland, OR :
Irish Academic Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In recent years, two institutional pillars of Irish society, the Catholic Church and Fianna Fail, have dramatically crumbled in prestige. Together they held up much of 20th-century Irish life, in (apparently) mutually-supporting ways. In contrast to this harmonious image, author M.P. McCabe examines their often strikingly difficult relationship at the birth of the modern Irish state. For God and Ireland argues for an all-encompassing assessment of the relationship between these competing bodies. The result is a study of rhetoric giving way to pragmatism. Each side longed to achieve moral su. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780716531944 0716531941 |