The Damnable Question; A Study in Anglo-Irish Relations
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. [Note: no price on DJ]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 400 pages. Map of Dublin. Occasional Footnotes. References. Bibliography. Index. Slightly cocked. DJ has some wear, tears, chips and soiling. This is An Atlantic Monthly Book. George Bubb Dangerfield (28 October 1904 in Newbury, Berkshire – 27 December 1986 in Santa Barbara, California) was an English-American journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935. He is known primarily for his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935), a classic account of how the Liberal Party in Great Britain ruined itself in dealing with the House of Lords, woman suffrage, the Irish question, and labor unions, 1906–1914. His book on early 19th century US history The Era of Good Feelings, won the the 1953 Bancroft Prize and 1953 Pulitzer Prize for History. Dangerfield's The Strange Death of Liberal England was not given much attention by academic historians when it first appeared in 1935, but has gained admirers over the years because of its lively style and trenchant analysis. It remains one of the best accounts of the failure of the Liberals to deal effectively with increasingly vehement demands from Irish Unionists and Irish Nationalists, industrial workers, and suffragettes. After serving in the United States Army with the 102nd Infantry Division during World War II, he returned to the study of history. His last book, The Damnable Question: A Study of Anglo-Irish Relations, was a finalist in 1976 for the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction. More