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Cargando... Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006por Paul Bew
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Paul Bew sheds new light on the changing ideological passions of the modern Irish question. Examining the influence and legacies of many key figures, from Tone to Parnell to Haughey and from Peel to Churchill to Blair, he takes the reader all the way from the society of the United Irishman to the crisis of the Good Friday Agreement. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Though thoughtfully argued and backed by an impressive command of the literature, the book suffers from two flaws. The first is the poor editing, which is rather surprising considering that the book comes from an publisher of Oxford's distinction. This is more than just a matter of a few typos, as the inaccuracies can distort the import of some of the events Bew describes. The other problem is its narrow focus; whereas most volumes in the Oxford History of Modern Europe series provide a broad coverage of the history of their subjects, Bew's focus is mainly on high politics, with the economic, social, and -- most glaringly, given its political importance -- cultural history of Ireland during this period addressed only in passing or not at all. These limitations diminish the overall value of the book, which in the end is best read as a specialized survey of Irish politics rather than an overall history of Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ( )