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This book is based on original research into intimidation and
violence directed at civilians by combatants during the
revolutionary period in Ireland, considering this from the
perspectives of the British, the Free State and the IRA. The book
combines qualitative and quantitative approaches, and focusses on
County Kerry, which saw high levels of violence. It demonstrates
that violence and intimidation against civilians was more common
than clashes between combatants and that the upsurge in violence in
1920 was a result of the deployment of the Black and Tans and
Auxiliaries, particularly in the autumn and winter of that year.
Despite the limited threat posed by the IRA, the British forces
engaged in unprecedented and unprovoked violence against civilians.
This study stresses the increasing brutality of the subsequent
violence by both sides. The book shows how the British had similar
methods and views as contemporary counter-revolutionary groups in
Europe. IRA violence, however, was, in part, an attempt to impose
homogeneity as, beneath the Irish republican narrative of popular
approval, there lay a recognition that universal backing was never
in fact present. The book is important reading for students and
scholars of the Irish revolution, the social history of Ireland and
inter-war European violence.
This book is based on original research into intimidation and
violence directed at civilians by combatants during the
revolutionary period in Ireland, considering this from the
perspectives of the British, the Free State and the IRA. The book
combines qualitative and quantitative approaches, and focusses on
County Kerry, which saw high levels of violence. It demonstrates
that violence and intimidation against civilians was more common
than clashes between combatants and that the upsurge in violence in
1920 was a result of the deployment of the Black and Tans and
Auxiliaries, particularly in the autumn and winter of that year.
Despite the limited threat posed by the IRA, the British forces
engaged in unprecedented and unprovoked violence against civilians.
This study stresses the increasing brutality of the subsequent
violence by both sides. The book shows how the British had similar
methods and views as contemporary counter-revolutionary groups in
Europe. IRA violence, however, was, in part, an attempt to impose
homogeneity as, beneath the Irish republican narrative of popular
approval, there lay a recognition that universal backing was never
in fact present. The book is important reading for students and
scholars of the Irish revolution, the social history of Ireland and
inter-war European violence.
Prince George E. Lvov was born in Dresden in 1861, the same year
Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs and Russia began to move
away from its static society of orders toward a more modern polity.
He died in exile in Paris in 1925 with Russia once again in
thralldom. Prince L'vov dedicated his life to the improvement of
the peasantry's condition and, like many other liberals, hoped to
acculturate them to the norms and values of a civil society to
attempt to overcome the backwardness of provincial life and
ultimately to integrate them as 'citizens" into a modern, vibrant
"nation." L'vov played an important role in Russia's first
experiment with local self-government, oversaw the "Great
Migration" of thousands of peasants to settle the wilderness of
Siberia free from anyone's tutelage, organized aid to the tsar's
peasant soldiers in the Russo-Japanese and First World Wars and
helped to marshal the resources of the nation and coordinate
industrial production during the latter conflict. It was precisely
because of this lifetime of dedicated public service that he was
chosen as liberal Russia's standard bearer upon the collapse of the
Romanov dynasty. But the few references in the scholarly literature
concerning Prince George L'vov are invariably negative ones which
fault him for his weak and ineffectual performance as the first
head of the Russia Provisional Government in 1917. That the
Provisional Government failed is, of course, incontrovertible,
though much of the blame rightly should be, and generally is, laid
at the feet of his successor. Of course, it must also be allowed
that the social revolution developed and then deepened during
L'vov's stewardship of Russia. Equally unassailable is the
conclusion that it was largely that government's temporizing,
whether deliberate or not, which led to its demise. What then
accounted for this paralysis and complete failure of Russia's
liberal movement? This book attempts to answer that question by
presenting a more balanced appraisal of L'vov's place in Russian
history through an examination of his career as a dedicated public
servant.
Title: A treatise on rail-roads and international communications:
compiled from the best and latest authorities with original
suggestions and remarks.Author: Thomas EarlePublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++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: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00040900CollectionID:
CTRG10134678-BPublicationDate: 18300101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 120 p., 6] leaves of plates (some folded):
ill., maps; 23 cm
Title: Voyages and Travels of Lord Brassey from 1862 to 1894.
Arranged and edited by Captain S. Eardley-Wilmot.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and
documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also
included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of
trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. ++++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 Library Brassey, Thomas Earl
Brassey; Wilmot, Sydney Marow Eardley; 1895. 2 vol.; 8 .
10024.ccc.7.
Title: Personal Narative of travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media,
and Scythia, in the year 1824. Third edition.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The NOVELS OF THE 18th & 19th CENTURIES
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The collection includes major and minor works from a
period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel.
These classics were written for a range of audiences and will
engage any reading enthusiast. ++++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 Library Keppel, George
Thomas Earl; 1827. 2 vol.; 8 . 10076.bbb.24.
Title: Personal Narative of travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media,
and Scythia, in the year 1824. Third edition.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection includes works chronicling the development of Western
civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development
of language, political and educational systems, philosophy,
science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil
war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central
Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations,
and European expansion into the New World. ++++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 Library
Keppel, George Thomas Earl; 1827. 2 vol.; 8 . 10076.bbb.24.
Title: Narrative of a Journey across the Balcan; ... also of a
visit to Azani, and other newly discovered ruins in Asia Minor, in
1829-30.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++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 Library Keppel, George Thomas
Earl; 1831. 2 vol.; 8 . 1047.k.5.
Title: The Last Voyage ... 1887. Lady Brassey's journals and notes
of her last voyage in the "Sunbeam"; edited by Lady Barker. With a
brief memoir by Lord Brassey. With illustrations and a map.]
(Appendix. Part I. Voyage from Darnley Island to Port Darwin, Cape
of Good Hope, and England. By Lord Brassey.-Part II. A. Abstract of
log of "Sunbeam," prepared by Thomas Allnutt Brassey. B. Outline of
voyage, reprinted from "The Times.").Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and
documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also
included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of
trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. ++++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 Library Brassey, Annie;
Barker, Mary Anne; Brassey, Thomas Earl; 1889. xxiv. 490 p.; 8 .
010026.h.21.
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