Enduring ruin :
environmental destruction during the Irish Revolution /
by Justin Dolan Stover.
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| Summary: | "The Irish Revolution inflicted unprecedented damage to built-up and natural landscapes between 1916 and 1923. Destruction transcended national and ideological divisions and remained a fixture within Irish urban and rural landscapes years after independence, presenting an Ireland politically transformed yet physically disfigured. Enduring Ruin: Environmental Destruction during the Irish Revolution examines how and to what degree revolutionary activity degraded, damaged and destroyed Ireland's landscapes. This book represents the first environmental history of the revolutionary period and in doing so incorporates the roles animals, earth, water, trees, weather, and man-made infrastructure played in directing and absorbing revolutionary violence. It traces the militarization of private and public spaces, and how the destruction of monuments renegotiated Ireland's civic spaces and colonial legacy. It considers Crown force reprisals, agrarian disputes, and sectarian division as amplifying Ireland's contested spaces, where environmental damage occurred in the vacuum of public order. The decade of commemoration presents the opportunity to challenge traditional narratives and examine Ireland's revolutionary experience afresh. As such, this book re-evaluates conventional interpretations and introduces new arguments; in doing so, it pioneers a new phase in the study of the Irish Revolution" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
University College Dublin Press,
2022.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xviii, 176 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9781910820834 1910820830 |
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A37950 |
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