The roots of English colonialism in Ireland / John Patrick Montaño.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montaño, John Patrick, 1955-

Series:

Critical perspectives on empire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral systems.

History.

Agriculture.

Land tenure--Political aspects.

Land tenure.

Plantations.

Ireland--History--16th century.

Ireland.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain.

British--Ireland--History--16th century.

British.

Plantations--Ireland--History--16th century.

Land tenure--Political aspects--Ireland--History--16th century.

Agriculture--Ireland--History--16th century.

Pastoral systems--Ireland--History--16th century.

Ireland--Colonial influence.

Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

xiii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"This is a major new study of the cultural foundations of the Tudor plantations in Ireland and of early English imperialism more generally. John Patrick Montaño traces the roots of colonialism in the key relationship of cultivation and civility in Tudor England and shows the central role this played in Tudor strategies for settling, civilising and colonising Ireland. The book ranges from the role of cartography, surveying and material culture - houses, fences, fields, roads and bridges - in manifesting the new order to the place of diet, leisure, language and hairstyles in establishing cultural differences as a site of conflict between the Irish and the imperialising state and as a justification for the civilising process. It shows that the ideologies and strategies of colonisation which would later be applied in the New World were already apparent in the practices, material culture and hardening attitude towards barbarous customs of the Tudor regime"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: nature is a language.

1. Planting a landscape: cultivation and reform in Ireland.

2. Planning a landscape I: cultivation as reformation.

3. Planning a landscape II: cultivation through plantation.

4. Inscribing a landscape: maps, surveys and records.

5. Material signs: ordering the built environment.

6. A civil offer: the failure to adopt English customs.

7. Bad manners, nasty habits: the elimination of Irish customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521198288

0521198283

OCLC:

714729313

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