Class and Community in Provincial Ireland, 1851–1914

Brian Casey is a historian of modern Ireland and Scotland. His research interests focus upon the dynamics of agrarian radicalism and the land question.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 The post-Famine landscape, estate management and agricultural improvement in east Galway, 1851-1914.- 3 Educational provision and religious tensions, 1853-1863.- 4 A check on deference: Electioneering, the Fenians and the Catholic Church: Galway 1872 and Mayo 1874.- 5 The construction of a proletarian political movement: The Ballinasloe Tenant Defence Association, 1876-1879.- 6 The first phase of the Land War and beyond, 1879-1885.- 7 The era of the Plan of Campaign, 1885-1891.- 8 Plus ca change: Continuity and change in a community, 1891-1914.- 9 Conclusion

“The book is excellent in .developing new definitions of and perspectives on deference and patemalism, but although . ‘cömmunity’ is in the title of the book, a fuller discussion of what is meant by this comes relatively late on in the book,, and perhaps this might have come a little earlier. … This book. overall is a valuable addition to a distinguished field, and will be of great interest to rural, social and political historians in Ireland and across the British Isles.” (Irish Literary Supplement, Vol. 38 (2), 2019)