Civilising Rural Ireland : The Co-Operative Movement, Development and the Nation-State, 1889-1939, Hardback Book

Civilising Rural Ireland : The Co-Operative Movement, Development and the Nation-State, 1889-1939 Hardback

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The introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late-nineteenth century transformed rural society and created an enduring economic legacy.

Civilising rural Ireland challenges predominant narratives of Irish history that explain the emergence of the nation-state through the lens of political conflict and violence.

Instead the book takes as its focus the numerous leaders, organisers, and members of the Irish co-operative movement.

Together these people captured the spirit of change as they created a modern Ireland through their reorganisation of the countryside, the spread of new economic ideas, and the promotion of mutually-owned businesses.

Besides giving a comprehensive account of the co-operative movement’s introduction to Irish society the book offers an analysis of the importance of these radical economic ideas upon political Irish nationalism. -- .

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