Troubled Geographies

Ian N. Gregory is Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of History at Lancaster University.Niall A. Cunningham is Lecturer in Human Geography at Dunham University, UK.C. D. Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, at the University of Liverpool.Ian G. Shuttleworth is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology at the Queen's University Belfast.Paul S. Ell is Director of the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA) in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology at the Queen's University Belfast.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Geography, Religion, and Society in Ireland: A Spatial History2. The Plantations: Sowing the Seeds of Ireland's Religious Geographies3. Religion and Society in Pre-Famine Ireland4. The Famine and its Impacts, 1840s to 1860s5. Towards Partition, 1860s to 1910s6. Partition and Civil War, 1911 to 19267. Division and Continuity, 1920s to 1960s8. Towards the Celtic Tiger: The Republic, 1961 to 20029. Stagnation and Segregation: Northern Ireland, 1971 to 200110. Communal Conflict and Death in Northern Ireland, 1969 to 200111. Belfast through the Troubles: Socio-economic Change, Segregation, and Violence12. Conclusions: Ireland's Religious Geographies—Stability or Change?Notes on Methods and Literature: From Historical GIS Databases to Narrative HistoriesIndex

"Visit the companion website for the book"—"By tapping the power of new geospatial technologies, the authors explored the intersection of geography, religion, politics, and identity in Irish history. Troubled Geographies. . . is a well-researched and written scholarly book that would interest students of European/Irish history and socio-cultural change."—International Social Science Review"The book makes a strong case for a greater consideration of spatial information in historical analysis—a message that is obviously appealing for geographers. But only when HGIS becomes more fully integrated into history and the humanities will the potential suggested by Troubled Geographies be fully realized."—Journal of Interdisciplinary History"A book like this is useful as a reminder of the struggles and the sacrifices of generations of unrest and conflict, albeit that, on a global scale, the Irish troubles are just one of a myriad of disputes, each with their own history and localized geography. The book is excellent as an introduction; it is written in a fluent, engaging and factually-correct prose. The first eight chapters on Ireland's history are essential reading before any sense can be made of the contemporary religious conflicts. . ."—Journal of Historical Geography"An ambitious and extremely interesting display of the value of the Centre's [CDDA, Queen's University Belfast] data and analysis for understanding a major topic in Irish history: religion."—David W. Miller, Carnegie Mellon University