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 One of the best textbooks I've read October 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As my title suggests, this is a textbook and not a book for casual reading. However, it is one of the best and most focused overviews of a country's history that I've ever read. The Irish Experience gives a very detailed account of Ireland's entire history, and it's linear description allows the reader to see how certain events lead up to others (sorry for the vague language). This textbook is however, a summary, and while it is detailed and thorough it does have to compensate some bulk with paraphrasing. I read this book alongside an advanced Irish history university course, and I found this text very helpful in preparation for lectures where the professor would fill in the details that were summarized in the reading.
Fine one-volume history. July 21, 1997
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
In Ireland, more than most places, history is not adistant story but a living presence in the lives ofthe people.
That history, from Celtic origins to the mid-1990's, is engagingly explored by the authors, who have not only provided the expected political history but also have included the mythic and literary elements which are central to the understanding of the people. Special attention is given to the American connection, which has loomed large in Irish affairs - (there are now more Irish-Americans than indigenous Irish).
Well written, with illustrations, reading list, and index, this is an excellent introduction to the complexities of the Irish experience.
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