{"product_id":"ireland-the-union-and-its-aftermath","title":"Oliver Macdonagh: Ireland [2003] paperback","description":"Oliver MacDonagh described the first edition of \"Ireland: The Union and its Aftermath\", published in 1968, as \"a very small book with very large themes\". The book rapidly reached the status of a classic and remains a thought-provoking survey of the history of Ireland from the Act of Union of 1800 until modern times. It has been unavailable for a long time. MacDonagh regarded the Act of Union as the most important single factor in shaping Ireland as a nation in the modern world. Although subordination to Britain had influenced Irish development before 1800, it took a rapidly different form under the Act of Union: \"The experience of being assimilated by, and resisting assimilation into, a powerful and alien empire - perhaps the master-culture of the 19th century - was truly traumatic.\" For the second edition, published in 1977, which is reprinted here with a new introduction by W. J. Mc Cormack, MacDonagh included a chapter on the period 1968-73, taking account of the early years of the troubles in Northern Ireland.","brand":"Macdonagh, Oliver","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46531753607507,"sku":"9781900621816","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/macdonagh-oliver-ireland-the-union-and-its-aftermath-9781900621816-49104380526931.jpg?v=1682015740","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/ireland-the-union-and-its-aftermath","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}