The Dynamics of War and Revolution: Cork City, 1916-1918 /

The city of Cork experienced a political odyssey between Easter 1916 and the end of 1918. Wartime policies conceived in London manifested themselves unexpectedly in Cork--The Defence of the Realm Act was used to repress political speech; deficit spending generated massive inflation; mandatory arbitr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Borgonovo, John
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Irish Republican Army > History.
Violence > Ireland > Cork > History > 20th century.
Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
Cork (Ireland) > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Cork political life prior to Easter 1916
  • Cork and the First World War, 1914 to Easter 1916
  • The rising and after
  • 'Thoughtless Young People' and the Cork City riots of 1917
  • The Republican front : Sinn Fein, the IRB, and the Irish Volunteers in 1917
  • Twilight of the Mollies : the decline of the Irish Party in 1917
  • Cork women, American sailors and Catholic vigilantes, 1917-18
  • Gender, nationalism and Cork Cumann na mBan, 1916-1918
  • Cork labour, economy and the ITGWU
  • Preventing another Black '47 : the Cork People's Food Committee, 1917-18
  • Insurrection : the 1918 conscription crisis
  • The Victory of Sinn Fein : the 1918 general election
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Notes and references
  • Index.

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