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Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England

Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England

by Mo Moulton
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/04/2014

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To what extent did the Irish disappear from English politics, life and consciousness following the Anglo-Irish War? Mo Moulton offers a new perspective on this question through an analysis of the process by which Ireland and the Irish were redefined in English culture as a feature of personal life and civil society rather than a political threat. Considering the Irish as the first postcolonial minority, they argue that the Irish case demonstrates an English solution to the larger problem of the collapse of multi-ethnic empires in the twentieth century. Drawing on an array of new archival evidence, Moulton discusses the many varieties of Irishness present in England during the 1920s and 1930s, including working-class republicans, relocated southern loyalists, and Irish enthusiasts. The Irish connection was sometimes repressed, but it was never truly forgotten; this book recovers it in settings as diverse as literary societies, sabotage campaigns, drinking clubs, and demonstrations.
ISBN:
9781107052680
9781107052680
Category:
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
03-04-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x22mm
Weight:
0.68kg
Mo Moulton

Mo Moulton is an established author and commentator on twentieth-century British history, and currently a senior lecturer in the history department of the University of Birmingham. Their previous book was the runner-up for the Royal History Society's 2015 Whitfield Prize. They live in Derbyshire.

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