Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

This was my textbook for Anthropology 199, Irish Studies. It's a very small book and I realize that by abbreviating the subject so much that something is bound to be lost. However, it's not for lack of detail but rather lack of cohesiveness that makes this book so difficult. Time frames jump around, the sentences are long and awkward, and the author seems to delight in his thesaurus. Rather than making the subject understandable, the awkward phrasing and unnecessarily difficult vocabulary make it unwieldy.