'Crisis of Home Rule: the mounting pressures of war on the society and institutions of the Isle of Man, 1916-1924'
Date(s): 1999
Creator(s): Skillicorn, Patricia
Scope & Content: Dissertation submitted for MA in Manx Studies at the University of Liverpool (Centre for Manx Studies) and arranged by the following chapter headings: the constitutional position of the Isle of Man in 1914, the economic and social position of the Isle of Man in 1914, the Isle of Man and the wider context, Samuel Norris and the War Rights Union, the Workers' Union, the mounting pressures of war 1916 - 1918 (conscription, temperance, food and sacrifice), reconstruction (political, constitutional and economic) and, lastly, Home Rule endangered (authority and identity). The dissertation deals with a time of change regarding identity and concepts of patriotism on the Isle of Man.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Item name: dissertation
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 10239
Record class: Private
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