Politics and Power in Victorian Ireland

by Roger Swift (Editor), Christine Kinealy (Editor)

This collection of original essays sheds new light on the political history of Ireland during the Victorian period. These include major reassessments of the attitudes of Queen Victoria and her prime ministers towards Ireland and the Irish Question; the ideological influences on Irish radical and nationalist movements during the period; the nature and development of Irish unionism, and the ways in which political power was influenced, mobilized, exercised and mediated. As such, this volume offers new perspectives on the inter-relationships between class, gender and nationalism, demonstrating how Irish politics both energized and shaped political discourse throughout the whole of the United Kingdom during the Victorian period.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 2006

About the author

Roger Swift is Professor Emeritus of Victorian Studies in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester, where he was Director of the Graduate School and Director of the Centre for Victorian Studies until his retirement in 2007.