Ireland and empire : colonial legacies in Irish history and culture / Stephen Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Stephen, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion.

History.

Postcolonialism.

Imperialism--Public opinion.

Imperialism.

Ireland--History--20th century.

Ireland.

Great Britain--Foreign public opinion, Irish.

Great Britain.

Postcolonialism--Northern Ireland--History.

Public opinion--Northern Ireland--History.

Imperialism--Public opinion--History.

Postcolonialism--Ireland--History.

Public opinion--Ireland--History.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

334 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

A growing number of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics have sought to analyze Ireland's 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; amongst some Ulster Unionists the term is greeted with outrage. This book evaluates and analyzes these controversies, which range 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. It will undoubtedly arouse sharp controversy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-321) and index.

ISBN:

0198208251

OCLC:

42291064