{"product_id":"the-imperial-irish-9780773550698","title":"The Imperial Irish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1914 and 1918, many Irish Catholics in Canada found themselves in a vulnerable position. Not only was the Great War slaughtering millions, but tension and violence was mounting in Ireland over the question of independence from Britain and Home Rule. For Canada's Irish Catholics, thwarting Prussian militarism was a way to prove that small nations, like Ireland, could be free from larger occupying countries. Yet, even as tens of thousands of Irish Catholic men and women rallied to the call to arms and supported government efforts to win the war, many Canadians still doubted their loyalty to the Empire. Retracing the struggles of Irish Catholics as they fought Canada's enemies in Europe while defending themselves against charges of disloyalty at home, The Imperial Irish explores the development and fraying of interfaith and intercultural relationships between Irish Catholics, French Canadian Catholics, and non-Catholics throughout the course of the Great War. Mark McGowan contrast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" The Imperial Irish brings together the accumulated results and insights of a generation of research into the history of the Irish Roman Catholic Church in Canada and its contribution to Canadian Great War national and ecclesiastical history. The chapters are tightly focused and make effective use of the personal experiences of many Irish Catholic Canadians. What most strikes me in the style is the ease with which the larger picture of institutions and issues flows back and forth into the lives of these people. This is mature scholarship - it is all of one fabric, one narrative, moving from personal to public and back. Mark McGowan has lived with these sources and also with these people for a long time.\" Duff Crerar, Grand Prairie Regional College, and author of Padre' s in No Man' s Land","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037946773847,"sku":"9780773550698","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780773550698.jpg?v=1750938306","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-imperial-irish-9780773550698","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}