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Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2022-04-06

Books mentioned on Roy Foster on Ireland's Many Unmade Futures

2 books · With Roy Foster · Listen · Watch on YouTube

"The best history," says Roy Foster, "is written when we realize that people acted in expectation of a future that was never going to happen." While this is the case for many countries, it's especially true of Ireland—the land of The Troubles, of colonization, of revolution and reforms.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Modern Ireland and Revolution

    Cormac K. H. O'Malley; Nicholas Allen; Roy Foster · at 0:16 · mentioned 2 times

    Modern Ireland and Revolution by Cormac K.

    Recommended
    “I recommend his classic work modern Ireland”
    Tyler Cowen Roy Foster on Ireland's Many Unmade Futures 2022-04-06 Listen at 0:16
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. The Irish sketch-book

    William Makepeace Thackeray · at 6:53

    Discussed
    “the great novelist William thery who was married to an Irish woman said when he did a tour of Ireland and wrote his Irish SketchBook where to get at the truth in this country it is not possible”
    Roy Foster Roy Foster on Ireland's Many Unmade Futures 2022-04-06 Listen at 6:53
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible