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Nationalism and Unionism in 19th Century Ireland

Category: A-Level History

This book was originally conceived with the A-level student in mind, but has rapidly become an accessible text for the general reader. Dr Rees addresses the issues which dominated Irish politics in the nineteenth century.

The chapters are:
1. The Act of Union
2. The Rise of Constitutional Nationalism
3. The Tradition of Revolutionary Nationalism
4. Land and Nationalism
5. The Development of Cultural Nationalism
6. Defenders of the Union
7. The Rise of Political Unionism
8. Conclusion.

The Author

Dr Rees is a practicing A-level teacher. His doctoral thesis dealt with the relations between Northern Ireland, the Irish Free State and Britain in the period 1945 - 1951. He is co-author of a number of school textbooks, and author of Ireland 1905 - 25 (Colourpoint, 1998).

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