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This book examines memoir-writing by many of the key political
actors in the Northern Irish 'Troubles' (1969-1998), and argues
that memoir has been a neglected dimension of the study of the
legacies of the violent conflict. It investigates these sources in
the context of ongoing disputes over how to interpret Northern
Ireland's recent past. A careful reading of these memoirs can
provide insights into the lived experience and retrospective
judgments of some of the main protagonists of the conflict. The
period of relative peace rests upon an uneasy calm in Northern
Ireland. Many people continue to inhabit contested ideological
territories, and in their strategies for shaping the narrative
'telling' of the conflict, key individuals within the Protestant
Unionist and Catholic Irish Nationalist communities can appear
locked into exclusive and self-justifying discourses. In such
circumstances, while some memoirists have been genuinely
self-critical, many others have utilised a post-conflict language
of societal reconciliation in order to mask a strategy that
actually seeks to score rhetorical victories and to discomfort
traditional enemies. Memoir-writing is only one dimension of the
current ad hoc approach to 'dealing with the past' in Northern
Ireland, but in the absence of any consensus regarding an
overarching 'truth and reconciliation' process, this is likely to
be the pattern for the foreseeable future. This study provides the
first comprehensive analysis of a major resource for understanding
the conflict.
This book examines memoir-writing by many of the key political
actors in the Northern Irish 'Troubles' (1969-1998), and argues
that memoir has been a neglected dimension of the study of the
legacies of the violent conflict. It investigates these sources in
the context of ongoing disputes over how to interpret Northern
Ireland's recent past. A careful reading of these memoirs can
provide insights into the lived experience and retrospective
judgments of some of the main protagonists of the conflict. The
period of relative peace rests upon an uneasy calm in Northern
Ireland. Many people continue to inhabit contested ideological
territories, and in their strategies for shaping the narrative
'telling' of the conflict, key individuals within the Protestant
Unionist and Catholic Irish Nationalist communities can appear
locked into exclusive and self-justifying discourses. In such
circumstances, while some memoirists have been genuinely
self-critical, many others have utilised a post-conflict language
of societal reconciliation in order to mask a strategy that
actually seeks to score rhetorical victories and to discomfort
traditional enemies. Memoir-writing is only one dimension of the
current ad hoc approach to 'dealing with the past' in Northern
Ireland, but in the absence of any consensus regarding an
overarching 'truth and reconciliation' process, this is likely to
be the pattern for the foreseeable future. This study provides the
first comprehensive analysis of a major resource for understanding
the conflict.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryT045624Anonymous. By
Stephen Hopkins.London: reprinted for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt,
1764. 4],38p.; 8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryW021994Signed on p. 24:
P------. Providence, in New-England, November 30, 1764. Attributed
to Stephen Hopkins by Alden. Printed in December 1764. Cf.
Alden.Providence: Printed by William Goddard, M.DCC.LXV i.e.,
1764]. 24p.; 4
Liverpool Football Club, in stark contrast to its competitors,
remains locally owned, not a conglomerate or media business. Unlike
its main rivals, the Liverpool club has been loathe to pursue
global markets for merchandizing - though it attracts a huge fandom
around the world - and its ambitions remain resolutely fixed on
footballing success. No football club has ever had such an extended
period of dominance in the English game, nor extended that
dominance to Europe so effectively.Many of the current crop of top
young players are locally born and are a central feature of the
city's nightlife, as well as national icons in pop/football/youth
culture. But there are fears that the Club's great days have now
passed. At the height of its powers in the 1980s, Liverpool FC was
the site of two catastrophic crowd disasters, which effectively
transformed the sport and added to wounding perceptions about the
city's alleged sentimentality, fatalism and irreversible decline.
The legacy of the Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies continues to
shape the self-image of the Club and those who support it. A
seething rivalry with nearby corporate giant Manchester United is a
constant reminder of football's new order.Addressing all of these
concerns, as well as Liverpool's global reputation as the home of
the Beatles and the 'Mersey sound', this book takes an original
approach to the study of football by examining its links with other
important popular culture forms, especially pop music, but also
television and youth styles. In particular, however, it looks at
the very special meaning of football in Liverpool.
Liverpool Football Club, in stark contrast to its competitors,
remains locally owned, not a conglomerate or media business. Unlike
its main rivals, the Liverpool club has been loathe to pursue
global markets for merchandizing - though it attracts a huge fandom
around the world - and its ambitions remain resolutely fixed on
footballing success. No football club has ever had such an extended
period of dominance in the English game, nor extended that
dominance to Europe so effectively.
Many of the current crop of top young players are locally born and
are a central feature of the city's nightlife, as well as national
icons in pop/football/youth culture. But there are fears that the
Club's great days have now passed. At the height of its powers in
the 1980s, Liverpool FC was the site of two catastrophic crowd
disasters, which effectively transformed the sport and added to
wounding perceptions about the city's alleged sentimentality,
fatalism and irreversible decline. The legacy of the Heysel and
Hillsborough tragedies continues to shape the self-image of the
Club and those who support it. A seething rivalry with nearby
corporate giant Manchester United is a constant reminder of
football's new order.
Addressing all of these concerns, as well as Liverpool's global
reputation as the home of the Beatles and the 'Mersey sound', this
book takes an original approach to the study of football by
examining its links with other important popular culture forms,
especially pop music, but also television and youth styles. In
particular, however, it looks at the very special meaning of
football in Liverpool.
This ground-breaking book provides the first comprehensive
investigation of the history and memory of the Northern Ireland
Troubles in Britain. It examines the impacts of the conflict upon
individual lives, political and social relationships, communities
and culture in Britain, and explores how the people of Britain
(including its Irish communities) have responded to, and engaged
with the conflict, in the context of contested political narratives
produced by the State and its opponents. Setting an agenda for
further research and public debate, the book demonstrates that
'unfinished business' from the conflicted past persists unaddressed
in Britain, and advocates the importance of acknowledging legacies,
understanding histories and engaging with memories in the context
of peace-building and reconciliation. -- .
This ground-breaking book provides the first comprehensive
investigation of the history and memory of the Northern Ireland
Troubles in Britain. It examines the impacts of the conflict upon
individual lives, political and social relationships, communities
and culture in Britain, and explores how the people of Britain
(including its Irish communities) have responded to, and engaged
with the conflict, in the context of contested political narratives
produced by the State and its opponents. Setting an agenda for
further research and public debate, the book demonstrates that
'unfinished business' from the conflicted past persists unaddressed
in Britain, and advocates the importance of acknowledging legacies,
understanding histories and engaging with memories in the context
of peace-building and reconciliation. -- .
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