THE SHAPING OF NORTHERN IRELAND. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - Tecno-Libro

The riots that erupted in Northern ireland in 1969 and thirty years of ensuing violence ensured worldwide interest in Britain s irish province. That interest drove a sustained quest into Ulster s past, shared by artists, historians and the media. it provoked questions: why had Northern ireland been excluded, and ireland thereby partitioned, when the irish Free State attained Dominion status in1922? in what did Northern distinctiveness consist: was it economic, religious or national? instant histories in 1969-72 and scholarly writing since sought answers. this book has a similar purpose. it identifies the myths that distort understanding of history, explores the centuries from the Plantation of Ulster to partition, the settlement of English and Scots, their shared siege mentality and capacity for survival, their security under the Union of 1801 that both had initially opposed, and their creation of a major industrial complex centred on Belfast that formed a triangle with the Mersey and the Clyde