03478nam 2200649 450 991081246340332120230618050608.01-4426-5656-51-4426-3325-510.3138/9781442656567(CKB)3710000000433131(EBL)3432120(OCoLC)929153342(SSID)ssj0001636826(PQKBManifestationID)16394403(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001636826(PQKBWorkID)14955625(PQKB)10348714(MiAaPQ)EBC4669471(CEL)449921(OCoLC)921534032(CaBNVSL)kck00235878(DE-B1597)465712(OCoLC)944178564(DE-B1597)9781442656567(Au-PeEL)EBL4669471(CaPaEBR)ebr11256003(OCoLC)913869030(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107080(EXLCZ)99371000000043313120160920h19571957 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEdward Blake, Irish nationalist a Canadian statesman in Irish politics, 1892-1907 /Margaret A. Banks[Toronto, Ontario] :University of Toronto Press,1957.©19571 online resource (383 p.)Heritage1-4426-5163-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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."Irish questionElectronic books. Irish question.71.050924Banks Margaret A.920719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812463403321Edward Blake, Irish nationalist4073758UNINA