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Book SynopsisExplores the nature and dynamics of Ireland's land questions during the 19th and 20th centuries, and also the ways in which the Irish land question has been written about by historians. -- .
Trade ReviewAttractively designed ... this is an invaluable and inspiring review of the land question and should be put in the hands of any student coming to the subject., Carla King, St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, Irish Studies Review 23.2, 1 May 2015 -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction and acknowledgements – Fergus Campbell
SECTION ONE: SURVEYS
1. Irish land questions in the State of the Union – Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
2. Gaining ground, losing ground: The politics of land reform in twentieth-century Ireland – Tony Varley
SECTION TWO: REFLECTIONS
3. The Irish land question in a wider context – Barbara Solow
4. Writing about Irish land against the backdrop of Northern Ireland – Philip Bull
5. Strange bedfellows? The Land League Alliances – Samuel Clark
6. The issue of land redistribution: Revisiting Graziers, Land Reform and Political Conflict in Ireland – David Jones
7. Land and Revolution revisited – Fergus Campbell
SECTION THREE: NEW RESEARCH
8. De-centering the Irish land war: Women, politics and the private sphere – Heather Laird
9. The transcendent role of Catholic discourse in the Irish Land War – Anne Kane
10. Matthew Harris, Fenianism and land agitation in the West of Ireland – Gerard Moran
11. The politics of “holding the balance”: Irish farmers’ parties and land distribution in the twentieth century –Tony Varley
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