Forgetful remembrance: social forgetting and vernacular historiography of a rebellion in Ulster

'Forgetful Remembrance' examines what happens when communities endeavour to forget embarrassing events in their past. The question of how a society attempts to obscure problematic historical episodes is addressed through a detailed case study grounded in the north-eastern counties of the I...

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1. Verfasser: Beiner, Guy 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:'Forgetful Remembrance' examines what happens when communities endeavour to forget embarrassing events in their past. The question of how a society attempts to obscure problematic historical episodes is addressed through a detailed case study grounded in the north-eastern counties of the Irish province of Ulster, where loyalist and unionist Protestants - in particular Presbyterians - tried to repress for more than two centuries discomforting recollections of participation, alongside Catholics, in a republican rebellion in 1798. By exploring a rich variety of sources, Beiner makes it possible to closely follow the dynamics of social forgetting
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:709 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780198749356

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