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    612-822-4611

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The story of an Irish property

The story of an Irish property

Robert S Rait

Paperback

General SociologyGeneral World HistoryIrish History

ISBN10: 9353607876
ISBN13: 9789353607876
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind one remote Irish estate lies the story of a country struggling to own its soil. One estate, a whole nation. In The Story of an Irish Property, historian Robert S. Rait follows the fortunes of a single property across generations of landlords and tenants, revealing how law, custom and power shaped everyday life in rural Ireland. Using meticulous archival research, he turns one case study into a clear, humane introduction to the economic history of Ireland and to the bitter conflicts of landlord and tenant Ireland. At once an Irish land history book and a piece of agrarian history non fiction, it offers a tightly focused portrait of Irish property ownership history during decades of agitation, uncertainty and reform. As an early twentieth-century Irish land question study, Rait's work sits close to the great land reforms and gives readers essential Irish land reform background. Its close-up treatment of one estate doubles as a concise rural Ireland history, rich in insight into social structures, legal change and Irish estate history. Accessible prose and careful documentation make it ideal for Irish history students and a reliable reference for historians of Ireland. Irish agrarian history readers, collectors of classic economic and social studies, and anyone curious about rural Ireland history find in these pages a striking combination of narrative drive and scholarly precision. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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