Ireland and empire : colonial legacies in Irish history and culture
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Ireland and empire : colonial legacies in Irish history and culture
Oxford University Press, 2000
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-321) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyse Ireland'past and present in colonial terms. For some, including Irish Republicans, it is the only proper framework for understanding Ireland. Others reject the very use of the colonial label for Ireland's history; while using the term for the present arouses outrage, especially amongst Ulster Unionists. This book evaluates and analyses these controversies, ranging from
debates over the ancient and medieval past to those in current literary and postcolonial theory. Scholarly, at times polemical, it is the most comprehensive study of these themes ever to appear, and will undoubtedly stimulate discussion for years to come.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Contexts and Concepts
- The Past in the Present
- Irish Nationalists and the Colonial Image
- British Imperialists and Their Critics
- Chroniclers and Revisionists
- Colonialism, Criticism, and Cultural Theory
- The Irish Republic as Postcolonial Polity
- Northern Ireland after 1968: An Anticolonial Struggle?
- Ulster Unionism: A Colonial Culture?
- Comparative Perspectives
- Conclusions
- Bibliography, Index
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