{"product_id":"1916-kieran-allen-9780745336374","title":"1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition","description":"The Easter Rising of 1916, in which just over a thousand Irish rebels seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of the Irish Republic before being brutally suppressed by the vastly larger and better-equipped British Army, is an event whose meaning remains contested to this day. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope--or even the intention­--of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the eventual formation of an independent Irish state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003e1916\u003c\/i\u003e, Kieran Allen argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a war of independence. Emphasizing an often ignored social and political radicalism at the heart of the rebellion, he shows that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland that acts as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations--a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly's and Pearse's vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published to coincide with the Rising's centennial, \u003ci\u003e1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e re-establishes the political role of socialist republican figures, offers a highly accessible history of the Easter Rising, and explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kieran Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 074533637X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745336374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Kieran Allen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086791848191,"sku":"9780745336374","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_394a7a0b-3749-4f0f-92e8-ac250a9bbe7a.jpg?v=1769096604","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/1916-kieran-allen-9780745336374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}