Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland

F. Lane

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Nov 30, 2009 - History - 297 pages

An examination of Irish society and politics, providing a wide-ranging introduction to the involvement of the middle classes in Irish political life and the public sphere accrosss the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Combines analytical surveys and case/area studies to offer new perspectives on crucial movements and figures in Irish history.

About the author

FINTAN LANE is a former editor of Saothar, the journal of Irish labour history. His publications include The Origins of Modern Irish Socialism (1997), In Search of Thomas Sheahan: Radical Politics in Cork, 1824–1836 (2001) and, as co-editor, Politics and the Irish Working Class, 1830–1945 (2005).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland
• Editor: F. Lane
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2009
• ISBN: 0230008267, 9780230008267
• Length: 297 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / General; History / Modern / General; History / Social History