Mcgovern Bryan P (9 results)

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, the title page is warmly inscribed by both authors to an individual mentioned in their acknowledgments, the book has a shallow skew to the binding, moderate bumps to the spine ends and cover corners with a touch of creasing to the corners of the text block, and a couple mild thumb-smudges to the fore edge. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has light bumps with mild creasing to the spine ends and corners, faint rubbing with some slight edge wear to the covers, and a hint of fading to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. xviii + 315.

Condition: New. pp. xviii + 315 Illus.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Aspirations of social mobility and anti-Catholic discrimination were the lifeblood of subversive opposition to British rule in Ireland during the mid-nineteenth century. Refugees of the Great Famine who congregated in ethnic enclaves in North America and the United Kingdom supported the militant Fenian Brotherhood and its Dublin-based counterpart, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), in hopes of one day returning to an independent homeland. Despite lackluster leadership, the movement was briefly a credible security threat which impacted the history of nations on both sides of the Atlantic. Inspired by the failed Young Ireland insurrection of 1848 and other nationalist movements on the European continent, the Fenian Brotherhood and the IRB (collectively known as the Fenians) surmised that insurrection was the only path to Irish freedom. By 1865, the Fenians had filled their ranks with battle-tested Irish expatriate veterans of the Union and Confederate armies who were anxious to liberate Ireland. Lofty Fenian ambitions were ultimately compromised by several factors including United States government opposition and the resolution of volunteer Canadian militias who repelled multiple Fenian incursions into New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba. The Fenian legacy is thus multifaceted. It was a mildly threatening source of nationalist pride for discouraged Irish expatriates until the organisation fulfilled its pledge to violently attack British soldiers and subjects. It also encouraged the confederation of Canadian provinces under the 1867 Dominion Act. In this book, Patrick Steward and Bryan McGovern present the first holistic, multinational study of the Fenian movement. While utilising a vast array of previously untapped primary sources, the authors uncover the socioeconomic roots of Irish nationalist behaviour at the height of the Victorian Period. Concurrently, they trace the progression of Fenian ideals in the grassroots of Young Ireland to its de facto collapse in 1870s. In doing so, the authors change the perception of the Fenians from fanatics who aimlessly attempted to free their homeland to idealists who believed in their cause and fought with a physical and rhetorical force that was not nonsensical and hopeless as some previous accounts have suggested.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jacket has light wear and nicks, a little top-edge curling; book has minimal wear, clean and firm.