James Connolly: ''a full life''

✍ Scribed by Connolly, James;Nevin, Donal

• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As a prominent trade unionist and leader of the 1916 Rising, James Connolly is a pivotal figure in Irish history. This biography, based on his prolific writings, examines his experiences as a soldier, agitator, propagandist, orator, organiser, pamphleteer and insurgent. James Connolly is the best survey of his remarkable life and times.;Cover; Title Page; Epigraphs; Contents; James Connolly; Preface by Des Geraghty; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Part I: Edinburgh 1868-1882; Chapter 1: Child of the Cowgate; Part II: Ireland 1882-1889: Soldier; Chapter 2: In the Service of the Queen; Part III: Edinburgh 1889-1896: Social Democrat; Chapter 3: Capitalism and Class Struggle; Chapter 4: The Making of a Socialist; Part IV: Dublin 1896-1903: Revolutionist; Chapter 5: Forerunners; Chapter 6: Irish Socialist Republican Party; Chapter 7: The End and the Means; Chapter 8: Agitate Educate Organise; Chapter 9: The Workers' Republic.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Epigraphs
Contents
James Connolly
Preface by Des Geraghty
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Part I: Edinburgh 1868-1882
Chapter 1: Child of the Cowgate
Part II: Ireland 1882-1889: Soldier
Chapter 2: In the Service of the Queen
Part III: Edinburgh 1889-1896: Social Democrat
Chapter 3: Capitalism and Class Struggle
Chapter 4: The Making of a Socialist
Part IV: Dublin 1896-1903: Revolutionist
Chapter 5: Forerunners
Chapter 6: Irish Socialist Republican Party
Chapter 7: The End and the Means
Chapter 8: Agitate Educate Organise
Chapter 9: The Workers' Republic. Chapter 10: The Politics of LabourChapter 11: Agitator
Chapter 12: Split
Part V: America 1903-1910: Syndicalist
Chapter 13: Socialist Labor Party of America
Chapter 14: Industrial Workers of the World
Chapter 15: Irish Socialist Federation
Chapter 16: Socialist Party of America
Chapter 17: Call of Erin
Part VI: Writings
Chapter 18: Labour, Nationality and Religion
Chapter 19: Labour in Irish History
Chapter 20: Songs of Freedom
Part VII: Ireland 1910-1916, The Red and the Green: Revolutionary Socialist --
Insurrectionist
Chapter 21: Socialist Party of Ireland. Chapter 22: Irish Transport and General Workers' UnionChapter 23: Industrial Unionism
Chapter 24: Political Action
Chapter 25: Connolly-Walker Controversy
Chapter 26: Uprising
Chapter 27: Home Rule
Chapter 28: War
Chapter 29: Successor to Larkin
Chapter 30: The Re-Conquest of Ireland
Chapter 31: Irish Citizen Army
Chapter 32: The Time is Ripe
Chapter 33: Banners of Revolt
Chapter 34: Signposts to the Revolution
Chapter 35: Preparations for Insurrection
Chapter 36: Easter Week
Chapter 37: Aftermath
Part VIII: Revolutionary Thinker
Chapter 38: Connolly and Catholicism. Chapter 39: RecollectionsChapter 40: Assessment
Appendices
I. Letters to Lillie Reynolds
II. Writings of James Connolly
III. Irish Citizen Army and the Easter Rising
IV. Connolly and the British Army
V. Connolly in Fiction and Drama
Notes and References
Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Tributes
By the same author
Copyright
About the Author
About Gill & Macmillan.

✦ Subjects

Politics and government;Revolutionaries;Revolutionaries--Ireland;Socialists;Socialists--Ireland;Electronic books;Biographies;History;Biography;Connolly, James, -- 1868-1916;Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography;Socialists -- Ireland -- Biography;Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Biography;Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1901-1910;Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1910-1921;Ireland