📗 Libro en inglés LAND IS ALL THAT MATTERS

In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe everyone lived off the land in one way or another In Ireland however almost everyone lived on the land as well Agriculture was the only economic resource for the vast majority of the population outside the north east of the country Land was vital But most of it was owned by a class of Protestant English and often aristocratic landlords The dream of having more control over their farms even of owning them drove many of the most explosive conflicts in Irish history Rebellions against British rule were rare but savage outbreaks of murder related to resentments over land ownership and draconian state repression were a regular feature of Irish rural life The struggle for the land was also crucial in driving support for Irish nationalist demands for Home Rule and independence In this epic narrative Myles Dungan examines two hundred years of agrarian conflict from the ruinous famine of 1741 to the eve of World War Two It explores the pivotal moments that shaped Irish history the rise of moonlighting the infamous Whiteboys and Rightboys the insurrection of Captain Rock the Tithe War of 1831 36 the Great Famine of 1845 that devastated the country and drastically reduced the Irish population and the Lan