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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe writing in this short but superb thought-provoking book is sparkling.
* The Irish Catholic *
In another age when the slant of the news and the bias of the media generates global attention, added to an acceleration of purportedly progressive and anti-religious critiques among the intelligentsia, academia, and all who transmit thought made viral, Smyllie's Ireland offers a case study in how a newspaper in command of an influential elite has shaped a nation's fate.
* Reading Religion *
Smyllie's Ireland: Protestants, Independence, and the Man Who Ran the Irish Times describes the rich history of Irish Protestants who found themselves aliens in their own land. This book tells a different story about Irish Protestants by exploring their success instead of highlighting their failures.
-- Sara Seebaum * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *
This is a thoughtful, superbly researched and elegantly written study of one the most important pioneering Irish newspaper editors of the past 150 years, of his influence and his craft. It is also a timely reminder of the continuing importance of its journalism, warts and all, in the creation and maintenance of the kind of society we will, with luck, bequeath to the generations that follow us.
-- John Hogan * Journal of British Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Locals
2. West Brits
3. Continentals
4. Patrons5. Liberals
6. Patriots
7. Gaels
8. Anglo-Irish
Conclusion: Smyllie's Ireland
Bibliography
Index
