Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution
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Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution
By (Author) Richard Whatmore
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
20th January 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
941.507
Physical Properties
Hardback
512
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
A bloody episode that epitomised the political dilemmas of the eighteenth century In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and the site of their demise was known as Genevan Ba
Reviews
"Shortlisted for the Scottish Research Book of the Year, The Saltire Society"
"Whatmores magnificent account of the New Geneva experiment in Waterford . . . offers such a new vantage point. . . . [A] fascinating historical study."---Andreas Hess, Dublin Review of Books
"An astounding story, masterfully told by a historian at the top of his craft."---Max Skjnsberg, Intellectual History Review
Author Bio
Richard Whatmore is professor of modern history and codirector of the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of What Is Intellectual History, Against War and Empire, and Republicanism and the French Revolution.
