The Shape of Irish History

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2001 - 209 pages
In an exploration of the essential structure of what is called Irish history, A.T.Q. Stewart looks at some shadowy areas and asks provocative questions about popular misconceptions. Even where such misconceptions have been refuted by academic research, Stewart argues, the information has not percolated into the general domain because modern historians, writing mainly for one another, have lost the wider audience. Criticizing his own profession for purporting to be scientific while largely ignoring the implications of, for example, scientific archaeology, Stewart also opens up the closed shop of Irish history for the general reader. The result is a landmark book - the terrain of Irish history will never be the same again.
 

Contents

THE NIGHT OF TIME
15
Why Didnt They Ask Evans?
21
Forensic
30
The Passage Tombs
36
The Great Roman Mystery
44
The Book of Invasions
56
The Long Divorce
66
HOLY DISORDERS
73
HIBERNIA CURIOSA
101
LIBERTY AND THE HOUR
119
THE RESTLESS NATION
139
REVOLUTION
159
THE CAINABEL BUSINESS
177
NOTES
187
INDEX
201
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