{"product_id":"the-irish-establishment-1879-1914-fergus-campbell-9780198866442","title":"The Irish Establishment 1879-1914","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Irish Establishment\u003c\/em\u003e is a study of the country's most powerful men and women in the years 1879 to 1914: who they were, how they gained their power, and how the composition of this elite society changed in the tumultuous period between the Land War and the beginning of the Great War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the enormous shifts in economic and political power that were taking place in the middling sections of Irish society, Fergus Campbell shows that the Irish establishment remained remarkably static and unchanged. Whilst the prominent landlord class and the Protestant middle class (particularly businessmen and professionals) retained their positions of power, the rising Catholic middle class was largely - although not entirely - excluded from the elite. Through focusing on specific groups - landlords, businessmen, religious leaders, politicians, police officers, and senior civil servants - and examining their collective biographies, Campbell explores the changing nature of Ireland's elite society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Irish Establishment\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the received narrative of these Irish elite classes. Traditional historiography holds that the members of the rising Catholic middle class were becoming successfully integrated into the Irish establishment by the beginning of the twentieth century, and that the Irish Revolution (1916-23) was a perverse turn of events that undermined an otherwise happy and democratic polity. Campbell offers the opposite: that the revolution was not an undermining of a stable society, but rather a direct result of structural inequality and ethnic discrimination that converted well-educated young Catholics from ambitious students into frustrated revolutionaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy challenging received narratives and drawing evidence from a broad range of social groups, \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Establishment\u003c\/em\u003e offers an exciting and fresh account of Irish society in the years 1879 to 1914, and offers the first full assessment of elite groups in Ireland in the lead up to the revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fergus Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198866445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198866442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Fergus Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126733271295,"sku":"9780198866442","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65e9f07e-cab8-4364-89ba-47379ae2c6ea.jpg?v=1687449852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-irish-establishment-1879-1914-fergus-campbell-9780198866442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}