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Index
Half title
Series page
Title page
Imprints page
Contents
Illustrations
Figures
Tables
Maps
Contributors
General Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
General Introduction
Maps
Introduction: Interpreting Late Early Modern Ireland
‘Improvement’ versus ‘Contentment’
William of Orange or James II
The Historiographical Context
Part I Politics
1 Irish Jacobitism, 1691–1790
Introduction
The ‘Wild Geese’
The Catholic Clergy
Jacobite Literature
The Jacobite Twilight
Conclusion
2 The Politics of Protestant Ascendancy, 1730–1790
The Floruit and Eclipse of the Undertaker System, 1730–1772
Public Opinion, and the Politics of Free Trade and Legislative Independence, 1772–1782
The Meaning of Legislative Independence, 1782–1790
Conclusion
3 Ireland during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1791–1815
Introduction
Mobilisation for War
Politicisation
Insurgency
Union and the Catholic Question
The State of Ireland in the Early Nineteenth Century
4 The Impact of O’Connell, 1815–1850
Introduction
Repoliticising the Irish Nation
The Campaign for Emancipation, 1815–1829
The Impact of O’Connell on British Politics, 1830–1839
The Break with Young Ireland
Critiquing O’Connell
5 Popular Politics, 1815–1845
Introduction
Popular Political Commitment
Leaders and Followers
Past and Place
The Sectarian Divide
Economic Issues
Conclusion
Part II Economy and Demography
6 Society and Economy in the Long Eighteenth Century
Peace and Poverty
Tide Rising
An Economy Opening
Infrastructure
Entrepreneurship
The End of a Cycle
7 The Irish Economy, 1815–1880: Agricultural Transition, the Communications Revolution and the Limits of Industrialisation
Introduction
Agriculture
Fishing, Forestry and Turf
Services, Urban Development and the Communications Revolution
Industry and Mining
Living Conditions and Wealth Distribution
Conclusion
8 Population and Emigration, 1730–1845
Irish Population Studies
The Population of Ireland in 1732
Famine and Economic Challenge, the 1740s
Irish Population Change, 1751–1813
The First Irish Statutory Censuses, 1813–15 and 1821
Population Growth, 1821–1841
Conclusion
9 Women, Men and the Family, c.1730–c.1880
Introduction
Women, the Family and the Economy
Marriage
Changing Role of Women
Women and the Family Economy
Children, Childhood and Institutions
The Poor Law
Industrial Schools and Reformatories
Marital, Familial and Gender Violence
Illegitimacy and Infanticide
Female and Child Abductions
Domestic Violence and Divorce
The Great Famine and the Family
Conclusion
Part III Religion
10 The Catholic Church and Catholics in an Era of Sanctions and Restraints, 1690–1790
Introduction
The Making of the Irish Catholic Order
Catholic Life under Restraint
Catholic politicisation
11 The Re-energising of Catholicism, 1790–1880
Introduction
Pre-Famine Catholicism, 1790–1815
Cullen’s Church, 1849–1878
Conclusion
12 Protestant Dissenters, c.1690–1800
Introduction
The Presbyterian Revolution
The Presbyterian Enlightenment
The Limits of the New Light
The Kingdoms of this World: America, France and Ireland
13 Protestantism in the Nineteenth Century: Revival and Crisis
Religious Revival and Reform, 1790–1830
Political Challenges and Options, 1829–1850
Famine Relief and Revival in Ulster, 1845–1860
Missionary Activity at Home and Overseas in Mid-Victorian Ireland
Disestablishment and Opposition to ‘Rome Rule’
Conclusion
Part IV Shaping Society
14 Language and Literacy in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Introduction
The Spoken Language c.1730–c.1800
Literacy and Education c.1730–c.1800
The Spoken Language 1800–1880
Literacy and Education 1800–1870
The English Language in Ireland 1730–1880
Conclusion
15 Futures Past: Enlightenment and Antiquarianism in the Eighteenth Century
Introduction
Enlightenment
Antiquarianism
Conclusion
16 Art and Architecture in the Long Eighteenth Century
Introduction
The Art of Self-representation: Architecture, Sculpture, Portraiture and Plate
Art and Architecture in the Public Realm
Taste and the Antique: The Impact of Neoclassicism
The Early Nineteenth Century
Conclusion
17 Civil Society, c.1700–c.1850
Introduction
Emergence: Philosophy and Improvement
Eating, Drinking and Conviviality
Club Personalities and Practices
Religion and Sectarianism
The Limits of Civil Society: Public versus Private
Conclusion
18 Sport and Recreation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Patterns of Elite Recreation in the Eighteenth Century
Popular Recreations under Pressure
Recreational Patterns in the Nineteenth Century: The Triumph of Respectability, Organisation and Mass Participation
Conclusion
19 Bourgeois Ireland, or, on the Benefits of Keeping One’s Hands Clean
Introduction
Becoming Bourgeois
Bourgeois Bureaucrats
Merchants and Money
The Professionals
Bourgeois Badges
Bourgeois Women
Bourgeois Children and Bourgeois Pets
New Directions
Conclusion
20 The Growth of the State in the Nineteenth Century
Introduction
The Eighteenth-Century Legacy
The Age of Reform
Education
Social and Economic Development
Law and Order
Policing
Conclusion
Part V The Irish Abroad
21 The Irish in Europe in the Eighteenth Century, 1691–1815
Introduction
The Nature and Scale of Irish Migration, 1691–1815
The Irish Colleges and the Irish in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Merchants, Professionals and Others among the ‘Irish in Europe’
Women, the Poor and Irish Emigrant Communities
In Decline, 1750–1815
Conclusion
22 ‘Irish’ Migration to America in the Eighteenth Century? Or the Strange Case for the ‘Scots/Irish’
Introduction
The Nature and Dimension of Emigration to Eighteenth-Century America
Contextualising Irish Emigration
Being Scots Irish
Conclusion
23 Ireland and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century
The Political, Cultural and Economic Impact of the Empire on Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Ireland and Irish people in the Empire
Conclusion
Part VI The Great Famine and its Aftermath
24 The Great Famine, 1845–1850
Introduction
A Society Vulnerable to Disaster
The Capabilities of the State
Peel’s Response, 1845–1846
The Failure of Russell’s Government, 1846–1850
The Limits of Private Charity
Impact and Consequences
25 Irish Emigration, c.1845–1900
Introduction
Origins
Composition and Passage
Settlement
Conclusion
26 Post-Famine Politics, 1850–1879
Introduction
The Structure of Post-Famine Politics
Sectional Politics and Independent Opposition, 1850–1859
Alternatives to Independent Opposition, 1855–1865
Gladstone and Ireland: Alliance and Misalliance, 1865–1873
The Emergence of Home Rule, 1870–1879
Conclusion
27 Afterword
Bibliography
Introduction: Interpreting Late Early Modern Ireland
1 Irish Jacobitism, 1691–1790
2 The Politics of Protestant Ascendancy, 1730–1790
3 Ireland during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1791–1815
4 The Impact of O’Connell, 1815–1850
5 Popular Politics, 1815–1845
6 Society and Economy in the Long Eighteenth Century
7 The Irish Economy, 1815–1880: Agricultural Transition, the Communications Revolution and the Limits of Industrialisation
8 Population and Emigration, 1730–1845
9 Women, Men and the Family, c.1730–c.1880
10 The Catholic Church and Catholics in an Era of Sanctions and Restraints, 1690–1790
11 The Re-energising of Catholicism, 1790–1880
12 Protestant Dissenters, c.1690–1800
13 Protestantism in the Nineteenth Century: Revival and Crisis
14 Language and Literacy in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
15 Futures Past: Enlightenment and Antiquarianism in the Eighteenth Century
16 Art and Architecture in the Long Eighteenth Century
17 Civil Society, c.1700–c.1850
18 Sport and Recreation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
19 Bourgeois Ireland, or, on the Benefits of Keeping One’s Hands Clean
20 The Growth of the State in the Nineteenth Century
21 The Irish in Europe in the Eighteenth Century, 1691–1815
22 ‘Irish’ Migration to America in the Eighteenth Century? Or the Strange Case for the ‘Scots/Irish’
23 Ireland and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century
24 The Great Famine, 1845–1850
25 Irish Emigration, c.1845–1900
26 Post-Famine Politics, 1850–1879
27 Afterword
Index
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