LEADER 04472nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910778452303321 005 20220928173136.0 010 $a0-674-03111-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674031111 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805584 035 $a(EBL)3300689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485310 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344239 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485310 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10604129 035 $a(PQKB)10105463 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12066233 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10199135 035 $a(PQKB)11265729 035 $a(DE-B1597)457595 035 $a(OCoLC)456270367 035 $a(OCoLC)979967788 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674031111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328867 035 $a(OCoLC)923116346 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300689 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805584 100 $a20051102d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIreland social, political, and religious$b[electronic resource] /$fGustave de Beaumont ; edited and translated by W.C. Taylor ; with an introduction by Tom Garvin and Andreas Hess 210 $aCambridge, MA $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (448 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-02165-7 311 $a0-674-02539-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xii-xiv) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tIntroduction: Tyranny in Ireland? /$rGarvin, Tom / Hess, Andreas --$tNote on the Text --$tContents --$tTranslator's Preface --$tHistorical Introduction --$tFirst Epoch: From 1169 to 1535 --$tSecond Epoch: From 1535 to 1690 --$tThird Epoch: From 1688 to 1755 --$tFourth Epoch: From 1776 to 1829 --$tPART I --$tI. External Appearance of Ireland. Misery of Its Inhabitants --$tII. A Bad Aristocracy Is the Primary Cause of All the Evils of Ireland. The Faults of This Aristocracy Are, That It Is English and Protestant --$tIII. Tithes --$tIV. Some Remarks on the North of Ireland --$tV. General Consequences from What Has Preceded- Character of the Irishman-Explanation of Its Faults --$tVI. Summary of the Preceding Chapters- Illusions of the Irish Aristocracy --$tPART II --$tHow Ireland, Aided by the Liberties She Received or Acquired, Has Resisted Oppression --$tVII. An Examination of the Causes by Which Ireland, at Present a Free Country, Tends to Become a Democratic Country --$tPART III --$tI. The Three Principal Remedies That Have Been Proposed for Irish Evils --$tII. Remedies Proposed by the Author-The Civil, Political, and Religious Privileges of the Aristocracy Must Be Abolished --$tIII. It Would Be an Evil to Substitute a Catholic Aristocracy for the Protestant Aristocracy --$tIV. How and byWhat Means Aristocracy Should Be Abolished in Ireland --$tPART IV --$tI. What Will England Do? --$tII. What Each of the English Parties Could Accomplish for Ireland --$tIII. General Survey of the State of Ireland- Conclusion-A Glance at the Political and Religious Future of the Country --$tPreface, 1863: A Report on the Present State of Ireland (1862-1863) --$tChronology. Index --$tChronology --$tIndex 330 $aIn Ireland, Gustave de Beaumont chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the eve of the Great Famine. This rediscovered masterpiece includes an introduction on Beaumont and his world. This volume also presents Beaumont's impassioned preface in which he portrays the appalling effects of the Great Famine. A classic of nineteenth-century political and social commentary, Beaumont's singular portrait offers the compelling immediacy of an eyewitness to history. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Ireland$2bisacsh 607 $aIreland$xDescription and travel 607 $aIreland$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 607 $aIreland$xEconomic conditions 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Ireland. 676 $a941.5 700 $aBeaumont$b Gustave de$f1802-1866.$0284238 701 $aTaylor$b W. C$g(William Cooke),$f1800-1849.$0194644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778452303321 996 $aIreland social, political, and religious$93746479 997 $aUNINA