Synopses & Reviews
This is the first comprehensive history of Ireland and the British Empire. It examines the different phases of Ireland's colonial status from the seventeenth century until the present, along with the impact of Irish people, politics, and nationalism on the Empire at large. The result is a new interpretation of Irish history and its place in the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire.
Review
"Essential reading for students of Irish, British, and Empire/Commonwealth history."--History: New Reviews of Books
About the Author
Professor Wm Roger Louis
Editor-in-Chief
Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, University of Texas, Austin
Table of Contents
Introduction: Ireland and the British Empire,
Kevin Kenny1. A Laboratory for Empire?: Early Modern Ireland and English Imperialism, Jane Ohlmeyer
2. 'This famous island set in a Virginian sea': Ireland in the British Empire, 1690-1801, Thomas Bartlett
3. The Irish in the Empire, Kevin Kenny
4. Empire and Fiction: The Irish Novel, Vera Kreilkamp
5. Ireland, the Union, and the Empire, Alvin Jackson
6. Ireland, the Empire, and the Commonwealth, Deirdre McMahon
7. Historiography, Stephen Howe
8. Postcolonial Ireland, Joe Cleary
Index