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100 1 $aWhatmore, Richard,$eauthor.
245 10 $aTerrorists, anarchists, and republicans :$bthe Genevans and the Irish in time of revolution /$cRichard Whatmore.
246 30 $aGenevans and the Irish in time of revolution
264 1 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2019]
264 4 $c©2019
300 $axxix, 478 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 423-468) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Part I: Rebellion. The power of place ; The Waterford Experiment -- Part II: Divided Geneva. Religion and Enlightenment ; Extremism ; Civil war ; Revolution and exodus -- Part III: Disunited Ireland. Ireland: oppression and opportunity ; Shelburne ; New Geneva ; Barracks and prison -- Conclusion: After revolution.
520 $a"In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and the site of their demise was known as Genevan Barracks. The Barracks were the remnants of an experimental community called New Geneva, a settlement of Calvinist republican rebels who fled the continent in 1782. The British believed that the rectitude and industriousness of these imported revolutionaries would have a positive effect on the Irish populace. The experiment was abandoned, however, after the Calvinists demanded greater independence and more state money for their project. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans tells the story of a utopian city inspired by a spirit of liberty and republican values being turned into a place where republicans who had fought for liberty were extinguished by the might of empire. Richard Whatmore brings to life a violent age in which powerful states like Britain and France intervened in the affairs of smaller, weaker countries, justifying their actions on the grounds that they were stopping anarchists and terrorists from destroying society, religion and government. The Genevans and the Irish rebels, in turn, saw themselves as advocates of republican virtue, willing to sacrifice themselves for liberty, rights and the public good. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans shows how the massacre at Genevan Barracks marked an end to the old Europe of diverse political forms, and the ascendancy of powerful states seeking empire and markets--in many respects the end of Enlightenment itself"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aUnited Irishmen.
650 0 $aRepublicanism$zGeneva (Republic)$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aIreland$xHistory$yRebellion of 1798.
651 0 $aGeneva (Republic)$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aGeneva (Republic)$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aCalvinism$zIreland$y18th century.
650 0 $aMassacres$zIreland$y18th century.
852 00 $bglx$hDA949$i.W43 2019