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Civilising Rural Ireland: The Co-Operative Movement, Development and the Nation-State, 1889-1939

Civilising Rural Ireland: The Co-Operative Movement, Development and the Nation-State, 1889-1939

Doyle, Patrick

Paperback

General Political ScienceIrish History

ISBN10: 1526150565
ISBN13: 9781526150561
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: May 28 2020
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late-nineteenth century transformed rural society and created an enduring economic legacy. Civilising rural Ireland challenges predominant narratives of Irish history that explain the emergence of the nation-state through the lens of political conflict and violence. Instead the book takes as its focus the numerous leaders, organisers, and members of the Irish co-operative movement. Together these people captured the spirit of change as they created a modern Ireland through their reorganisation of the countryside, the spread of new economic ideas, and the promotion of mutually-owned businesses. Besides giving a comprehensive account of the co-operative movement's introduction to Irish society the book offers an analysis of the importance of these radical economic ideas upon political Irish nationalism.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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