Class and Community in Provincial Ireland, 1851-1914

Redresses an imbalance in the historiography of the Irish class system, offering a much-needed account of the Irish rural proletariat Examines a wide range of sources to uncover the experiences and social dynamics of the lower rural classes Covers a period of great social and political change, showing how rural communities adapted to and challenged modernisation

Brian Casey is a historian of modern Ireland and Scotland. His research interests focus upon the dynamics of agrarian radicalism and the land question.