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12 history politics queen s rebels ulster loyalism in historic perspective david miller queen s rebels is an interpretive essay on the history of the ulster protestant community from the seventeenth-century plantations to the mid 1970s a central concern of the essay is the seemingly contradictory pattern of `conditional loyalty on the part of twentieth-century ulster protestants the book was written in the mid-1970s during some of the most violent years of `the troubles when the author spent a year in belfast and it has been long unavailable in a new introduction john bew places queen s rebels in the context of subsequent literature on northern ireland and brings the story up to date may 5 x 8 224 pages ucd isbn 978-1-904558-88-0 1-904558-88-7 paper $42.95 harold wilson s eec application jane toomey britain s policy towards europe in the latter half of the twentieth century has been the subject of endless interest scrutiny and debate this book seeks to further our knowledge of one of the most crucial periods for both britain and europe but also to enliven the debate concerning fundamental issues central to this study is the decision by 1960s labour prime minister harold wilson to replicate the path taken by his conservative predecessor harold macmillan in applying to join the european economic community using newly released archival material in the national archives and having consulted extensive interviews with many of the key political figures jane toomey not only challenges old assumptions but also offers a new interpretation of wilson s european diplomacy april 6 x 9 192 pages ucd isbn 978-1-904558-69-9 1-904558-69-0 cloth $89.95s the correspondence of edward hincks 1818-1849 vol 1 kevin j cathcart edward hincks 1792-1866 the irish assyriologist and one of the decipherers of mesopotamian cuneiform was born in cork and spent much of his life in ireland where he was the church of ireland rector between 1846 and 1852 hincks published a series of highly significant papers by which he established for himself a reputation of the first order as a decipherer most of the letters in these volumes have not been previously published much of the correspondence relates to nineteenth-century archaeological and linguistic discoveries but there are also letters concerned with ecclesiastical affairs the famine and the hincks family the letters in this first volume cover the period from the 1820s when hincks was a young clergyman and scholar to the years 1846-49 during which he announced his epoch-making discoveries in the decipherment of akkadian volumes 2 and 3 will be published in 2008 and 2009 respectively the challenge for government priorities for the next five years edited by joe mulholland in recent history ireland has transformed itself from an impoverished underdeveloped economy to one with the highest growth rate and the lowest unemployment rate in the european union and by ending paramilitary violence has become an example of conflict resolution despite these successes the new government has a rough road ahead securing the social and economic well-being of citizens and building trust and confidence across the community divide this book of essays by leading public figures in ireland north and south including senior government ministers is a tour d horizon of the priorities that the new government must put high on its agenda if these challenges are to be met and overcome may 5½ x 8½ 298 pages liffey isbn 978-1-905785-38-4 1-905785-38-0 paper $31.95 may 6 x 9 364 pages ucd isbn 978-1-904558-70-5 1-904558-70-4 cloth $104.95s

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