| Domain | Monograph or Collective Volume |
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| Title | The last conquest of Ireland (perhaps) |
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| Publication Date | 2005 |
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| Publisher | University College Dublin Press |
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| Place Of Publication | Dublin |
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| Number Of Pages | 250 p. |
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| Era Covered | 1800 — 1860 |
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| Language | English |
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| ISBN | 1904558364 |
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| Country | Ireland |
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| Notes | First published as a newspaper series 1858 and in book form 1861; many subsequent reprints, with comments on Gladstonina reforms added in brief footnotes to post-1870 editions. This edition restores (as an appendix) a brief introductory passage omitted from all previous book editions in which Mitchel explains that he conceives the work as a series of letters to the Georgia Congressman and future Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens, and adds an introduction by the editor. One of the classic texts of nineteenth-century Irish separatism, chiefly notorious for claiming that the Irish Famine was caused by a deliberate genocidal plot conceived and carried out by successive British Governments. Although this view is generally rejected by modern scholars, it was immensely influential and serves as a starting-point for much discussion of the Famine. Introduction outline Mitchel's career and beliefs, his influence on later Irish nationalism, and relates his views to subsequent Famine studies.|editor Patrick Maume |
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| Rights | All rights to IHO record reserved. |
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