The Dynamics of War and Revolution: Cork City, 1916-1918 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781909005822)

The city of Cork experienced a political odyssey between Easter 1916 and the end of 1918. Wartime policies conceived in London manifested themselves unexpectedly in Cork--The Defence of the Realm Act was used to repress political speech; deficit spending generated massive inflation; mandatory arbitration encouraged workers to join trade unions; food rationing panicked a country scarred by the Potato Famine; and military conscription generated virtual rebellion. As a result, the Cork public increasingly turned against the war.



The book examines the political situation in Cork prior to the Easter Rising; local reactions to the rebellion; the rapid creation of the Republican mass movement; the dramatic decline of the Irish Party; the explosion of anti-authority street rioting; the mobilization of women in the independence struggle; disturbances against venereal disease treatments and visiting American sailors; the emergence of radical trade unionism; agitation over the retention of local food supplies; the nationalist mobilization during the Conscription Crisis; and Sinn Fein's triumph in the 1918 General Election.

Author: John Borgonovo
ISBN-10: 1909005827
ISBN-13: 9781909005822
Publisher: Cork University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2013
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d