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When published in 1997, This is the first comprehensive history of Northern Ireland for over 15 years. Founded upon the partition of Ireland in 1920, Northern Ireland experienced almost 50 years of nervous peace under the rule of a devolved government in Belfast. This Stormont governement was respresentative only of the majority Unionist community, with the minority nationalist community in a position of being outvoted on most issues. The push for civil rights in the late 1960's sparked a lasting civil unrest that lasted for the next 30 years.
Published in 1997 - before the groundbreaking Good Friday Agreement in 1998 - , this is a key history of the Northern Irish state from its foundation .
Crease to spine, light edgewear, otherwise unmarked