Paul Bew
Auteur van Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006
Over de Auteur
Paul Bew is Professor of Irish Politics at Queens University, Belfast.
Werken van Paul Bew
Ideology and the Irish Question: Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism 1912-1916 (1994) 12 exemplaren
Conflict and Conciliation in Ireland 1890-1910: Parnellites and Radical Agrarians (1987) 8 exemplaren
Passion and Prejudice: nationalist-unionist conflict in Ulster in the 1930s and the founding of the Irish Association (1993) 7 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Bew, Paul Anthony Elliott
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Baron Bew of Donegore
- Geboortedatum
- 1950
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Northern Ireland
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- Northern Ireland
- Opleiding
- Campbell College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
University of Cambridge (Pembroke College) - Beroepen
- historian
professor - Organisaties
- Queen's University, Belfast
- Korte biografie
- Paul Bew is a Professor of Politics at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy. Bew is also currently a crossbench peer in the British House of Lords and has served as a political advisor to David Trimble, the former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in Northern Ireland.
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- #92,014
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- 4.0
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Though thoughtfully argued and backed by an impressive command of the literature, the book suffers from two flaws. The first is the poor editing, which is rather surprising considering that the book comes from an publisher of Oxford's distinction. This is more than just a matter of a few typos, as the inaccuracies can distort the import of some of the events Bew describes. The other problem is its narrow focus; whereas most volumes in the Oxford History of Modern Europe series provide a broad coverage of the history of their subjects, Bew's focus is mainly on high politics, with the economic, social, and -- most glaringly, given its political importance -- cultural history of Ireland during this period addressed only in passing or not at all. These limitations diminish the overall value of the book, which in the end is best read as a specialized survey of Irish politics rather than an overall history of Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.… (meer)