Ireland, 1912-1985: Politics and Society (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521377416)

This is the first major study on this scale of Irish performance, North and South, in the twentieth century. Although stressing the primacy of politics in Irish public affairs, it argues that Irish politics must be understood in the broad context of economic, social, administrative, cultural, and intellectual history. The book fully explores the relationship between rhetoric and reality in the Irish mind and views political behavior largely as a product of collective psychology. "The Irish experience" is placed firmly in a comparative context. The book seeks to assess the relative importance of British influence and of indigenous impulses in shaping an independent Ireland, and to identify the relationship between personality and process in determining Irish history. Particularly close attention is paid to individuals such as Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, W.T. Cosgrove, Sir James Craig, J.J. McElligott, Sean Lemass, Terence O'Neill, and Ian Paisley, and to the limits within which even the most powerful personalities were forced to operate.

Author: Joseph J. Lee
ISBN-10: 0521377412
ISBN-13: 9780521377416
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/18/1990
Pages: 778
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.97w x 1.46d