Michael Davitt /

Michael Davitt /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	King, Carla.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Dublin, Ireland : University College Dublin Press on behalf of the Historical Association of Ireland, 2009.
Description:	xx, 122 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Life and times. New series, 2009-1397 Life and times. New series.
Subject:	Davitt, Michael, -- 1846-1906. Davitt, Michael, -- 1846-1906. Land League (Ireland) -- Biography. Fenian Brotherhood -- Biography. Fenian Brotherhood. Land League (Ireland) Nationalists -- Ireland -- Biography. Socialists -- Ireland -- Biography. Nationalists. Politics and government Socialists. Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. Ireland. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8138780

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Other authors / contributors:	Historical Association of Ireland.
ISBN:	9781906359324 (pbk.) 1906359326 (pbk.)
Notes:	Previous ed.: Dundalk : Dundalgan Press, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-116) and index.
Summary:	Son of evicted Mayo tenants, Fenian treason-felony prisoner Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was to become the driving force behind the Irish National Land League, an organization that mobilized Irish farmers in the first mass challenge to landlordism in Ireland. This is a biography of his life.

Table of Contents:

Background and early years, 1846-77
The New Departure and the Land League, 1878-82
After the Land League, 1882-91
The parliamentarian, 1891-9
The final years, 1900-6.