{"product_id":"crime-violence-and-the-irish-in-the-nineteenth-century-9781786940650","title":"Crime, Violence and the Irish in the Nineteenth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe study of crime and violence in all its multifarious forms remains one of the most productive areas of enquiry for Irish historians. Considered an inordinately violent and unruly society by many contemporaries, nineteenth-century Ireland was notorious for sectarian unrest, agrarian disorder, alcohol-fuelled casual fighting, the seditious activities of various illegal underground organisations, as well as a host of other ‘outrages’. The image of an Ireland in an almost perpetual state of tumult during the nineteenth century, however, is a false one, invariably pedalled by partisan observers with a particular political or religious agenda to satisfy. Modern historical scholarship has corrected many lingering assumptions about the extent and character of Irish violence, but much work remains to be done. This important collection of essays, based on original research delivered at one of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland’s most successful annual conferences, draws together some of Ireland’s leading historians as well emerging talents to examine a broad range of topics under the banner of crime and violence. Irish secret societies, agrarian disorder, security and the law, sectarian violence, and a host of similar topics benefit from innovative methodological perspectives and advanced historical scholarship.  List of contributors: Kyle Hughes, Donald M. MacRaild, Michael Huggins, Terence M. Dunne, Jess Lumsden Fisher, John McGrath, Richard J. Butler, Colin W. Reid, Richard A. Keogh, Ciara Breathnach, Laurence M. Geary, Ian d’Alton, Daragh Curran, Gemma Clark, Patrick Maume, Teresa O’Donnell and Virginia Crossman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important and valuable collection.'\u003cbr\u003eDr. Richard Mc Mahon, Assistant Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin\u003cbr\u003e'A thought-provoking collection by scholars who you sense really care about the topics they study.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews 'An insightful, thought-provoking and valuable addition to the existing historiography of crime and violence in nineteenth-century Ireland.’\u003cbr\u003e Regina Donlon, \u003ci\u003eIrish Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Delivers a detailed texture of crime, crime control, and everyday life... their attention to local, everyday contexts promotes an understanding of crime, criminals, and justice rooted in historical empathy for their subjects. That approach makes for good history.'\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Meier, \u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'While it is impossible in a short review to do full justice to the many essays in this volume... This is an important addition to the study of crime and violence in Ireland in the nineteenth century and is highly recommended to scholars and students who are interested in the subject.'\u003cbr\u003e Brian Griffin,\u003ci\u003e Irish Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Crime, Violence, and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century; Themes and Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e     Kyle Hughes and Donald M. MacRaild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 ‘Secret Societies’ and Collective Violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Whiteboys and Ribbonmen: What’s in a Name?\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003e Michael Huggins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 The Law of Captain Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e     Terence M. Dunne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 ‘Night Marauders’ and ‘Deluded Wretches’: Public Discourses on Ribbonism in Pre-Famine Ireland\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eJess Lumsden Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Organised Labour in Limerick City, 1819–1821: Violence and the Struggle for Legitimacy\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eJohn McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 The Law and its Responses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Cork’s Courthouses, the Landed Elite, and the Rockite Rebellion: Architectural Responses to Agrarian Violence, 1820–1827\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e     Richard J. Butler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Constitutional Rhetoric as Legal Defence: Irish Lawyers and the Languages of Political Dissent in 1848\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eColin W. Reid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 ‘Why, it’s like a ’98 trial’: The Irish Judiciary and the Fenian Trials, 1865–1866\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eRichard A. Keogh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Crime and Punishment: Whiteboyism and the Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Ireland\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eCiara Breathnach and Laurence M. Geary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Sectarianism and Violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 From Bandon to … Bandon: Sectarian Violence in Cork during the Nineteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eIan d’Alton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 ‘Loyal to the Crown but not the Crown’s Government’: The Challenge to Policing Posed by the Orange Order in 1830s Ulster\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eDaragh Curran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4 Manifestations of Crime and Violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Arson in Modern Ireland: Fire and Protest before the Famine\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eGemma Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 The Head Pacificator and Captain Rock: Sedition, Suicide, and Honest Tom Steele\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003e Patrick Maume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 ‘Skin the Goat’s Curse’ on James Carey: Narrating the Story of the Phoenix Park Murders through Contemporary Broadside Ballads\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eTeresa O’Donnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 Attitudes and Responses to Vagrancy in Ireland in the Long Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003e Virginia Crossman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470015598935,"sku":"9781786940650","price":104.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786940650.jpg?v=1744897107","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crime-violence-and-the-irish-in-the-nineteenth-century-9781786940650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}