The Modernisation of Irish Society 1848 - 1918: From the Great Famine to Independent Ireland
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'The Modernisation of Irish Society' surveys the period from the end of the Famine to the triumph of Sinn Fein in the 1918 election and argues that during that time Ireland became one of the most modern and advanced political cultures in the world. Professor Lee contends that the Famine death-rate, however terrible, was not unprecedented. What was different was the post-Famine response to the catastrophy. The sharply increased rate of emigration left behind a population of tenent farmers engaged in market orientated agriculture and determined to protect and improve their position. It was this group that used the British political system so skillfully, a process elaborated and refined in the Land League and Home Rule movements under Parnell. The Parnell era left a lasting legacy of modern political engagement and organisation which was carried on in essentials by the later Home Rule party and by Sinn Fein, and - beyond the terminal date of the book - would make its mark on the politics of independent Ireland. 'The Modernisation of Irish Society' was first published as volume 10 of the original Gill History of Ireland.
Joseph John Lee
Professor Joe Lee came to New York University in 2002 from University College Cork, where he chaired the History Department and served for periods as Dean of Arts and as Vice President. Educated at University College Dublin; the Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany; and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he has also been a Fellow of Peterhouse and held Visiting Fellow/Professor appointments as Senior Parnell Research Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge; the Austrian Academy, Vienna; the European University, Florence; the University of Edinburgh; the University of Pittsburgh; the University of Texas at Austin; and Exchange Professor of Government at Colby College.
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