ENGLISH

The Shape of Irish History

By William F. Stewart

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0773523340, 9780773523340
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12306323 bytes)
Pages
224\222
Time added
2016-11-29 23:40:33
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Description

In an exploration of the essential structure of what is called Irish history, A.T.Q. Stewart looks at some shadowy areas and asks provocative questions about popular misconceptions. Even where such misconceptions have been refuted by academic research, Stewart argues, the information has not percolated into the general domain because modern historians, writing mainly for one another, have lost the wider audience. Criticizing his own profession for purporting to be scientific while largely ignoring the implications of, for example, scientific archaeology, Stewart also opens up the closed shop of Irish history for the general reader. The result is a landmark book - the terrain of Irish history will never be the same again.

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