LEADER 03478nam 2200649 450 001 9910797240803321 005 20230618050608.0 010 $a1-4426-5656-5 010 $a1-4426-3325-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656567 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433131 035 $a(EBL)3432120 035 $a(OCoLC)929153342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001636826 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16394403 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001636826 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14955625 035 $a(PQKB)10348714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669471 035 $a(CEL)449921 035 $a(OCoLC)921534032 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235878 035 $a(DE-B1597)465712 035 $a(OCoLC)944178564 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656567 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256003 035 $a(OCoLC)913869030 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107080 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433131 100 $a20160920h19571957 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEdward Blake, Irish nationalist $ea Canadian statesman in Irish politics, 1892-1907 /$fMargaret A. Banks 210 1$a[Toronto, Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1957. 210 4$dİ1957 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a1-4426-5163-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aAn 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." 606 $aIrish question 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIrish question. 676 $a71.050924 700 $aBanks$b Margaret A.$0920719 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797240803321 996 $aEdward Blake, Irish nationalist$93702531 997 $aUNINA