Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Preface 1798: Bicentennial Verdict Musgrave's Rebellions Musgrave as Reviewer Contrary Voices Debating the Union Opposing Emancipation, 1801-12 Opposing Emancipation, 1813-29 O'Connell, Emancipation and Repeal Violence Re-visited: Young Ireland and '98 Gladstone, Fenians and Disestablishment Jubilees, Centenaries and Historians Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The 1798 Rebellion unleashed a paper war involving contemporary historians and pro-Establishment literary reviews. This volume traces this paper-warfare against the background of the Union, Catholic Emancipation, Young Ireland, Gladstone and the Fenians, Victoria's jubilees, the 1898 centenary and the South African War.