Table of Contents

Oliver Macdonagh: Introduction: Ireland and the Union, 1801-70
1: S. J. Connolly: Aftermath and Adjustment
2: S. J. Connolly: The Catholic Question, 1801-12
3: S. J. Connolly: Union Government, 1812-23
4: S. J. Connolly: Mass Politics and Sectarian Conflict, 1823-30
5: Cormac Ó Gráda: Poverty, Population, and Agriculture, 1801-45
6: Cormac Ó Gráda: Industry and Communications, 1801-45
7: Oliver MacDonagh: The Age of O'Connell, 1830-45
8: Oliver MacDonagh: Politics, 1830-45
9: Oliver MacDonagh: Ideas and Institutions, 1830-45
10: Oliver MacDonagh: The Economy and Society, 1830-45
11: T. W. Freeman: Land and People, c.1841
12: James S. Donnelly, jr: Famine and Government Response, 1845-6
13: James S. Donnelly, jr: Production, Prices, and Exports, 1846-51
14: James S. Donnelly, jr: The Administration of Relief, 1846-7
15: James S. Donnelly, jr: The Soup Kitchens
16: James S. Donnelly, jr: The Administration of Relief, 1847-51
17: James S. Donnelly, jr: Landlords and Tenants
18: James S. Donnelly, jr: Excess Mortality and Emigration
19: James S. Donnelly, jr: A Famine in Irish Politics
20: R. V. Comerford: Ireland 1850-70: Post-Famine and Mid-Victorian
21: R. V. Comerford: Churchmen, Tenants, and Independent Opposition, 1850-56
22: R. V. Comerford: Conspiring Brotherhoods and Contending Elites, 1857-63
23: R. V. Comerford: Gladstone's First Irish Enterprise, 1864-70
24: J. C. Brady: Legal Developments, 1801-79
25: Thomas Flanagan: Literature in English, 1801-91
26: D. H. Akenson: Pre-University Education, 1782-1870
27: R. B. McDowell: Administration and the Public Services, 1800-70
28: David Fitzpatrick: Emigration, 1801-70
29: David Fitzpatrick: 'A Peculiar Tramping People': The Irish in Britain, 1801-70
30: Patrick J. O'Farrell: The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1791-1870
31: David Noel Doyle: The Irish in North America, 1776-1845
32: W. E. Vaughan: Ireland c.1870

Reviews

`Review from previous edition 'This beautifully produced book, with over ninety well-chosen and clear illustrations, is a triumph of collective scholarship and a major contribution to the understanding of modern Irish history.'
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TLS
`'As another volume of A New History of Ireland appears, one is yet again impressed by its sheer size, attractive format, handsome type-face, and excellent illustrations ... this one is in most matters fully up to date, deploying impressive mental agility, interestingly written, and lively as well as informative.'
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Theodore Hoppen, EHR
`'The real justification for these great cathedrals of historical lore is to serve up a narrative, well-written, authoritative and fair ... on this criterion the volume is successful and probably the best of the three modern volumes.'
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Irish Economic and Social History
`'the essays in Ireland Under the Union, 1801-70 represent the best of current scholarship in their respective areas ... Indeed, the overall standard is so high that it almost seems invidious to single out specific essays for special praise. Perhaps the most original contribution is Doyle's rich description and analysis of Catholic and Protestant Irish in North America, but the essays by most of the other contributors are scarcely less informative and
stimulating - and those by MacDonagh and Flanagan are especially graceful.'
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Albion
`'a milestone in Irish historiography ... This work comes closer than any of its predecessors to fulfilling the aims of the New History; it is collective scholarship at its best ... scholarly triumph ... the most outstanding volume that has appeared so far in this series; as such, it is an eloquent tribute to Moody's original vision.'
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Journal of Modern History
`'important ... Almost all the chapters deserve careful reading and the volume should not be seen merely as a monument to the work of scholars in increasing our understanding over the last twenty years. It should also stimulate continued debate about the Union and the dynamic of the relations between Britain and Ireland of which we are very directly the inheritors.'
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