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Ireland: The Politics of Independence, 1922-49 Na Na 2000 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction--Mike Cronin & John Regan * Ireland's Last Home Rule Generation--Senia Paseta * The Politics of Utopia--John Regan * The Enigma of Fianna Fail--Richard Dunphy * Socialist Republicanism in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 * The Unpopular Front--Susannah Riordan * Social Catholicism and the Social Question in Post-Independence Ireland--Finin O Driscoll * Golden Dreams, Harsh Realities--Mike Cronin * New Ireland, Old Empire and the Outside World, 1922-49--Donal Lowry * Trinity College Dublin and the New Political Order--Pauric DempseyBiographical Note: Mike Cronin is Senior Research Fellow at De Montfort University, Leicester. John M. Regan is Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. Review Citations:

Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 26 (EAN 9780312227876, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Cronin, Mike Mike Cronin studied history at the University of Kent and at Oxford, and has taught history to university students for the past fifteen years. He has published widely on the history of Ireland, and also on the history of sport. His books include a history of sport and nationalism in Ireland, a jointly authored history of St Patrick's Day celebrations around the world, and a general history of Ireland. He is currently the Academic Director at Boston College's Centre for Irish Programmes in Dublin, and is researching the history of major public spectacles and festivals in twentieth century Ireland. Contributor Bio:  Regan, John John Regan is a sailor so fascinated with the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan that he sailed around the world in Magellan's track nearly 500 years later. He has also written widely for nautical and technical magazines and published The Seaman's Handbook, a text for commercial sailors.