{"product_id":"shadow-of-a-taxman-who-funded-the-irish-revolution-hardcover","title":"Shadow of a Taxman: Who Funded the Irish Revolution? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. J. C. Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadow of a Taxman\u003c\/em\u003e investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what might have influenced their decision to contribute. The Republic's quest for funds took its emissaries as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne, as well as virtually every parish in Ireland. By selling 'war bonds' to supporters, it raised  370,165 from 140,000 people in Ireland and nearly $6m from 300,000 people in the United States. These bonds promised a return to subscribers when British forces had left Ireland and an independent Irish Republic was internationally recognised. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploiting newly uncovered documents, \u003cem\u003eShadow of a Taxman\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the identities of these subscribers. Cross-referencing with census returns, intelligence reports, memoirs, and IRA membership rolls, it provides the first demographic analysis of non-combatant supporters of Irish independence on the eve of its realisation. It also shows how access to funds shaped the course of the Irish War of Independence and, ultimately, Irish republicans' negotiating position with the British government in 1921.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR. J. C. Adams is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic History, Queen's University Belfast. A graduate of the University of Oxford, his doctoral research was awarded the Economic History Society's Thirsk-Feinstein prize for best dissertation in economic or social history and the Economic\u003cbr\u003eHistory Association's Alexander Gerschenkron prize for best dissertation in economic history with a focus outside North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.8 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158944452743,"sku":"9780192849625","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/913541f922087b716c021dc950e66770.webp?v=1733262811","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/shadow-of-a-taxman-who-funded-the-irish-revolution-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}