LEADER 04145nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910808036903321 005 20240418021714.0 010 $a1-283-21136-X 010 $a9786613211361 010 $a0-8122-0097-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200973 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051225 035 $a(OCoLC)759158200 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646355 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11940172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646355 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684295 035 $a(PQKB)10743924 035 $a(OCoLC)794702314 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3124 035 $a(DE-B1597)449159 035 $a(OCoLC)979778657 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200973 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321136 035 $a(OCoLC)824104114 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441474 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051225 100 $a20750811d1965 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIrish politics and social conflict in the age of the American Revolution /$fMaurice R. O'Connell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[1965] 215 $a1 online resource (444 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aFirst paperback edition 2007. 311 0 $a0-8122-2010-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tI. Introduction --$tII. Irish Opinion on the American Revolution --$tIII. The Origins of the Free Trade Crisis --$tIV. War with France and the Formation of the Volunteers --$tV. The Catholic Relief Act of 1778 --$tVI. The Free Trade Movement --$tVII. The Success of Radicalism --$tVIII. The Assault on Imperial Control --$tIX. The Collapse of Radicalism --$tX. Class Conflicts and the Failure of Radicalism in 1780 --$tXI. Carlisle?s Quiet Year --$tXII. The Revolution of 1782 --$tXIII. The Catholic Relief Acts of 1782 --$tXIV. Class Conflict and Parliamentary Reform --$tAppendices --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn the midst of great expansion and economic growth in the eighteenth century, Ireland was deeply divided along racial, religious, and economic lines. More than two thirds of the population were Catholic, but nearly all the landowners were Anglican. The minority also comprised practically the entire body of lawyers, officers in the army and navy, and holders of political positions. At the same time, a growing middle class of merchants and manufacturers sought to reform Parliament to gain a real share in the political power monopolized by the aristocracy and landed gentry.Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution remains one of the few in-depth studies of the effects of the Revolution on Ireland. Focusing on nine important years of Irish history, 1775 to 1783, from the outbreak of war in colonial America to the year following its conclusion, the book details the social and political conditions of a period crucial to the development of Irish nationalism. Drawing extensively on the Dublin press of the time, Maurice R. O'Connell chronicles such important developments as the economic depression in Britain and the Irish movement for free trade, the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, the rise of the Volunteers, the formation of the Patriot group in the Irish Parliament, and the Revolution of 1782. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Ireland$2bisacsh 607 $aIreland$xPolitics and government$y1760-1820 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xInfluence 607 $aIreland$xSocial conditions 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Ireland. 676 $a941.57 700 $aO'Connell$b Maurice R$01656160 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808036903321 996 $aIrish politics and social conflict in the age of the American Revolution$94008867 997 $aUNINA