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I can't believe how many people like this book. The erroneous nature of her arguments are astounding .. I continually mark in the book her own contradictions as well as clear errors in logic. I'll finish it in time, but it would take a miracle for this book to be good .

This book seems to ignore much of the British imperial influence on Irish history, notably with the famine, and makes way too many assumptions so far. I can only hope it gets better -- I'm hopeful.

This is just a book about social theory and, while well written and excellently presented, bores me to tears. Still, the book itself is good and I appreciate how easy it is to follow.

Great intro and amazing arguments and insight. So far 5/5 on this .. excited to read the rest.

This better get better ..this pro-British view of the Potato famine and utter disregard for Britain's role, Britain's failings in aiding starving Irish, and the overall actions of the Ascendency in Ireland is annoying. It's so pro-Victorian"ish" that it's making me want to ignore almost everything being said. However, this is a lead-in to the actual argument of the book so I will await and see...