{"product_id":"ireland-the-20th-twentieth-century-9780300166781","title":"Ireland: The 20th (Twentieth) Century","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIreland: The 20th (Twentieth) Century\u003c\/strong\u003e by Townshend, Charles. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780300166781.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIreland in the twentieth century has had a very different history from\nthat of most other western European countries. The two most profound\nshocks of the century, the world wars, met Ireland obliquely rather than\nhead-on. Partition and civil war, on the other hand, were embittering\nexperiences felt at first hand, the legacies of which snake their course\nthrough its subsequent history.\n\nHow did the Irish\nrevolution come about and what was its nature? How did Ulster end up\nwith the rich irony of being the only part of Ireland to embrace Home\nRule? How well did the new Republics promise of freedom assuage the\npainful reality, until the 1960s, of low economic growth and persistent\nemigration? Why was the Northern Ireland state unable or unwilling to\nconciliate its minority Catholic population? These are among the many\nissues addressed in Charles Townshends masterful account, one in\nwhich, to use the words of a reviewer of an earlier work of his,\noutstanding coolness, judiciousness and flair combine with penetrating\npowers of analysis. It is the first account to cover the whole of\nIreland, north and south, from the origins of Sinn Fein at the beginning\nof the century to the Stormont agreement at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952649465909,"sku":"ByrdShop_0340663359","price":38.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0340663359_afc1646c-d06f-42de-983e-864fcbf3126b.jpg?v=1778822900","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ireland-the-20th-twentieth-century-9780300166781","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}