{"product_id":"a-nation-of-politicians-gender-patriotism-and-political-culture-in-late-eighteenth-century-ireland-9780299233341","title":"A Nation of Politicians: Gender, Patriotism, and Political Culture in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland","description":"Between the years 1778 and 1784, groups that had previously been excluded from the Irish political sphere--women, Catholics, lower-class Protestants, farmers, shopkeepers, and other members of the laboring and agrarian classes--began to imagine themselves as civil subjects with a stake in matters of the state. This politicization of non-elites was largely driven by the Volunteers, a local militia force that emerged in Ireland as British troops were called away to the American War of Independence. With remarkable speed, the Volunteers challenged central features of British imperial rule over Ireland and helped citizens express a new Irish national identity. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Politicians\u003c\/i\u003e, Padhraig Higgins argues that the development of Volunteer-initiated activities--associating, petitioning, subscribing, shopping, and attending celebrations--expanded the scope of political participation. Using a wide range of literary, archival, and visual sources, Higgins examines how ubiquitous forms of communication--sermons, songs and ballads, handbills, toasts, graffiti, theater, rumors, and gossip--encouraged ordinary Irish citizens to engage in the politics of a more inclusive society and consider the broader questions of civil liberties and the British Empire. \u003ci\u003eA Nation of Politicians\u003c\/i\u003e presents a fascinating tale of the beginnings of Ireland's richly vocal political tradition at this important intersection of cultural, intellectual, social, and public history. Winner of the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book, American Conference for Irish Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4679581\"\u003ePadhraig Higgins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299233341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299233340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS018000\"\u003eEurope | Ireland\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL031000\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Nationalism \u0026amp; Patriotism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePadhraig Higgins is assistant professor of history at Mercer County College in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44686441906413,"sku":"9780299233341","price":39.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cadcdf84-0080-4733-8ac7-fa82d66d8200.jpg?v=1703643095","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-nation-of-politicians-gender-patriotism-and-political-culture-in-late-eighteenth-century-ireland-9780299233341","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}