Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution / / Maurice R. O'Connell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: O'Connell, Maurice R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.) :; 16 illus.

In the midst of great expansion and economic growth in the eighteenth century, Ireland was deeply divided along racial, religious, and economic lines. More than two thirds of the population were Catholic, but nearly all the landowners were Anglican. The minority also comprised practically the entire...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• I. Introduction
• II. Irish Opinion on the American Revolution
• III. The Origins of the Free Trade Crisis
• IV. War with France and the Formation of the Volunteers
• V. The Catholic Relief Act of 1778
• VI. The Free Trade Movement
• VII. The Success of Radicalism
• VIII. The Assault on Imperial Control
• IX. The Collapse of Radicalism
• X. Class Conflicts and the Failure of Radicalism in 1780
• XI. Carlisle's Quiet Year
• XII. The Revolution of 1782
• XIII. The Catholic Relief Acts of 1782
• XIV. Class Conflict and Parliamentary Reform
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index