| The Men of No Property 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Smyth, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 033354613X ISBN-13: 9780333546130 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $160.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941.5 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 251 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The paperback edition of the extremely popular The Men of No Property is a study of the popular dimensions of Irish radicalism in the age of the French revolution. It focuses on the lower-class secret society, the Defenders, and the more familiar face of radicalism in this period, the Society of United Irishmen. Particular attention is paid to the vigorous traditions of street protest in eighteenth-century Dublin. The picture which emerges is of a revolutionary movement which was both more radical in its rhetoric and objectives and more popular in its social base than has previously been allowed. |