Not only contributes to scholarship in the area but that it is also accessible to any general reader with an interest in Ireland's past or present.
The book makes an important contribution to advancing understanding across a wide range of themes in Irish politics, history, literature, and religion.
Chris Arthur, University of Wales at Lampeter
Mervyn Busteed is Honorary Research Fellow of the Universities of Manchester, Salford and Liverpool
Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool
Frank Neal is Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool
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List of figures
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Aspects of ascendancy
Coping strategies in a changing Ireland
The gender dimension
Religion and identity
The overseas context
Identity and culture
The Orange tradition
The Protestant working class: Political and paramilitary representation