The Depiction of Eviction in Ireland 1845-1910

Curtis, L. Perry

University College Dublin Press（2011/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781906359577
• DDC分類 941.508

Full Description

Dispossession has a long and tortuous history in Ireland, reaching back to the eleventh century. In the Victorian era, evictions became major social, cultural and political events, especially with the notorious clearances of the Great Famine years. In numbers, evictions declined dramatically after the mid-1850s, but in terms of media attention and political import they reached their zenith in the 1880s after the founding of the Irish National Land League. When tenantry defended their abodes, reporters and artists flocked to the scene and their descriptions of these conflicts form the central part of this book. Drawing on memoirs, ballads, poems, folklore and novels and providing numerous illustrations of contemporary prints and photographs, Curtis provides the first book-length study of rural evictions over a period of sixty years.

Contents

Introduction; Dispossession and Irish Land Laws; The Famine Evictions; Interlude, 1855-78; The First Land War, 1879-83; The Second Land War, 1886-90; The Plan Evictions, 1887-90; Resistance, 1886-9; The Battering Ram, 1887-90; Falcarragh: The Olphert Estate, 1888-90; Plus ca Change, 1890-1900; The Third Land War, 1900-10; Epilogue: The Land Quest; Notes; Bibliography; Index.