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Author Foster, R. F. (Robert Fitzroy), 1949-

Title Vivid faces : the revolutionary generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 / R.F. Foster.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  941.5082 FOS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  941.5082 FOSTER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  941.508 FOS    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  941.5082 FOS    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xxiii, 463 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-392) and index.
Contents The Ireland of yesterday -- Fathers and children -- Learning -- Playing -- Loving -- Writing -- Arming -- Fighting -- Reckoning -- Remembering -- Freedoms -- Biographical appendix.
Summary A history of Ireland's Easter Rising is told through the experiences of everyday members of the revolutionary generation to identify the roles of politics, sex, religion, education, and family.
Subject Revolutions -- Social aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and culture -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Social aspects.
Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Biography.
Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Social aspects.
Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 -- Social aspects.
Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780393082791
0393082792
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