Jim Smyth. The Men of No Property. Irish Radicals and Popular Politics in the Late Eighteenth Century. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992. xi, 251 pp. £12.99 (original) (raw)

Jim Smyth's "The Men of No Property" examines the role of the propertyless and the poor in the political developments of 1790s Ireland. Rejecting revisionist interpretations, Smyth highlights the participatory movements of common people and critiques the conventional chronologies of Irish history. Through meticulous research, the book presents a holistic narrative that intertwines agrarian discontent and sectarian nationalism within the context of United Irish republicanism, emphasizing the significance of widespread politicization leading to the radical political climate of the era.