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Land and popular politics in Ireland, County Mayo from the Plantation to the Land War, Donald E. Jordan Jr

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Land and popular politics in Ireland

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Donald E. Jordan Jr

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County Mayo from the Plantation to the Land War

This book analyses County Mayo in Ireland from the Elizabethan pacification of the county to the first stage of the Land War in the late nineteenth century. During those three centuries the county was transformed from being a remote, isolated, impoverished and hostile region of the country to being at the centre of Irish politics and integrated into an agrarian capitalist economy. The book is divided into two sections. The first contains an analysis of the county prior to the Great Famine, and provides the foundation for a core/periphery analysis of Mayo's economic development and its impact upon popular politics in the county. The second, employing a core/periphery analysis of the post-Famine economic and political transformation of the county, demonstrates that the structural changes that gave rise to the Land War occurred more rapidly in central Mayo than along its western coastline or eastern boundaries. This uneven development helps account for both the initial strength and rapid disintegration of the land movement in the county.--, Provided by publisher

pt. 1. County Mayo Prior to the Famine. 1. The natural and historical setting. 2. Economy and society, 1691-1846. 3. Pre-Famine popular politics and rural protest -- pt. 2. The Post-Famine Transformation of County Mayo. 4. Economy and society, 1846-1877. 5. Post-Famine politics prior to the Land War -- pt. 3. The Land War in County Mayo. 6. The West's Awake! The early months of the Land War. 7. The centralization of the agitation, June 1879-April 1880. 8. Tensions within the Land League in County Mayo, 1880. 9. The collapse of the land agitation, 1880-1881 -- App. 1 Mayo evictions: explanation of calculations and sources for Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 -- App. 2 Occupations of suspected Fenians, County Mayo, as recorded in police files, 1866-71 -- App. 3 List of persons whose arrest is recommended under the Protection of Persons and Property Act, 1881, County Mayo -- App. 4 Explanation of categories and list of Land League meetings for Map 5.2 and Table 3.1

Land & Popular Politics in Ireland