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Unfinished Revolution
Anne-Maree Whitaker
其他書名
United Irishmen in New South Wales, 1800-1810
出版Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker, 1994
主題Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalHistory / Australia & New ZealandHistory / Europe / IrelandSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Penology
ISBN06461795199780646179513
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NNnZ3Xlb6_IC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"400 United Irishmen and fellow-rebels brought the spirit of Irish rebellion "down under" in the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 - and changed Australia forever. At Castle Hill in 1804, this "army of shadows" carried on where they left off but during Bligh's overthrow in 1808, they stood back from a fight that was not theirs. The "political Irish" played a central role in the developing colony. Their professions, trades and skills made them useful as clerks, storekeepers and teachers, and fitted them to be overseers and constables, and helped bring self-sufficiency to the still-fragile colonial economy. They remained revolutionaries; only they negotiated change rather than raised warlike rebellion. Through their open defiance and quiet manipulation of authority, the harp "new strung" resonates to this day in the Australian ethos that United Irishmen helped to create." -- book cover.