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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812463403321

Autore

Banks Margaret A.

Titolo

Edward Blake, Irish nationalist : a Canadian statesman in Irish politics, 1892-1907 / / Margaret A. Banks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1957

©1957

ISBN

1-4426-5656-5

1-4426-3325-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

71.050924

Soggetti

Irish question

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BLAKE'S ENTRY INTO IRISH POLITICS -- The Invitation -- Member for South Longford -- Early Activities -- III. THE HOME RULE BILL OF 1893 -- Negotiations -- First Reading -- Second Reading -- The Final Stages -- IV. BLAKE AND PARTY FINANCE, 1893-4 -- Canadian and American Financial Missions -- The Tweedmouth Incident -- V. NATIONALIST DISSENSION AND THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1895 -- The "Omagh Scandal -- VI. THE FINANCIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION -- The Report -- The Conference -- The Debate in Parliament -- VII. THE IRISH SITUATION AND BLAKE'S RELATIONSHIP TO IT, 1896-7 -- The Irish Race Convention -- Party Resolutions -- Blake and Canada -- VIII. NATIONALIST REUNION -- The United Irish League -- Negotiations for Reunion -- A United Irish Party -- The Party and the League -- IX. IRISH NATIONALIST ACTIVITIES, 1900-2 -- Imperial Issues -- Payment of Members -- Protest Against Coercion -- The League Delegation to America -- X. BLAKE'S ACTIVITIES CURTAILED, 1903-6 -- The Land Question -- The Cork Writ -- Visits to Canada -- XI. BLAKE'S CLOSING MONTHS IN IRISH POLITICS -- The Irish Council Bill -- Retirement -- XII. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.



Sommario/riassunto

An informative account, based on careful research, of Edward Blake, an enigmatic figure in Canadian politics, whose career encountered unequalled frustrations and discouragement, but whom Sir Wilfrid Laurier unhesitatingly termed "the most powerful intellectual force in Canadian political history."