The paperback edition of the extremely popular The Men of No Property is a study of the popular dimensions of Irish radicalism in the age of the French revolution. It focuses on the lower-class secret society, the Defenders, and the more familiar face of radicalism in this period, the Society of United Irishmen. Particular attention is paid to the vigorous traditions of street protest in eighteenth-century Dublin. The picture which emerges is of a revolutionary movement which was both more radical in its rhetoric and objectives and more popular in its social base than has previously been allowed.
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“A pioneering work of scholarship.” —Brendan O'Cathaoir, Irish Times
“All those interested in modern Irish history are indebted to Dr. Smyth for the flood of new light his book throws on the crucial decade before the act of union.” —Anthony Coughlan, Irish Democrat
“A free-standing study of considerable merit, essential reading for all historians of the 1790s ... It also serves as the best introduction to the radical and popular political context of Ireland's tragic 'year of liberty.'” —John Belchem, International Review of Social History
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
“All those interested in modern Irish history are indebted to Dr. Smyth for the flood of new light his book throws on the crucial decade before the act of union.” —Anthony Coughlan, Irish Democrat
“A free-standing study of considerable merit, essential reading for all historians of the 1790s ... It also serves as the best introduction to the radical and popular political context of Ireland's tragic 'year of liberty.'” —John Belchem, International Review of Social History
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Jim Smyth is Research Fellow at Trinity College in Cambridge.
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