Irish History, Historical Biography - Europe, Labor Leaders, Activists, & Social Reformers, Historical Biography - Britain, Europe - Politics & Government
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Overview
Michael Davitt (1846-1906) is popularly known as the founder of the Irish National Land League and as the architect of the agrarian campaign of 1879-82. However, while the Land War was pivotal in Irish history, Davitt's lesser-known freelance political career after 1882, during which he engaged with a diverse range of issues and causes from the Boer War to Zionism, reveals a much more complex and, at times, contradictory political figure than that previously represented in Irish historiography. This book - now in paperback - is the first sustained study of Davitt's political career in its totality and views him in a broad political context of labor activism and international radicalism.Book Details
Published
May 6, 2010
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Pages
328
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781846822650