Politics and Provincial people Sligo & Limerick

An Excellent signed hardback copy of D. A. Fleming’s book on the Politics & People of Sligo and Limerick-1691-1761. Published by Manchester University Press in 2010. This innovative study is the first to systematically examine the politics and political culture of provincial Ireland. The book compares two localities that provide contrasting perspectives on how politics and power manifested itself in provincial Ireland: Sligo in the north west and Limerick in the south west. Drawing on a wealth of previously unknown and under-utilised contemporary material, David Fleming focuses on individuals who were determined to shape the political landscape and those who were affected by their actions. The book challenges many accepted models of how Ireland and the Irish were governed. While the propertied élite dominated many aspects of the political process, individuals and groups from the professional, mercantile, rural and other sections of society - the 'middling orders' - were also active in local institutions and office-holding. Their story, recounted here, reveals a far more complex set of relationships. So too do the multitude of informal strategies adopted by provincial people to express sentiments and participate in politics. In excellent condition.