Crime, Violence, and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 1786940655
- ISBN-13
- 9781786940650
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 289
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Kyle Hughes, Donald M. MacRaild
Description
A collection of essays, based on original research delivered at one of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland's recent annual conferences.--Back book cover.
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