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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Stephen, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--Northern Ireland--History.

Public opinion.

Imperialism--Public opinion--History.

Imperialism.

Public opinion--Ireland--History.

Postcolonialism--Northern Ireland.

Postcolonialism.

Postcolonialism--Ireland.

Ireland--History--20th century.

Ireland.

Great Britain--Foreign public opinion, Irish.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to explain 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; 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."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Contexts and concepts

3. The past in the present

4. Irish nationalists and the colonial image

5. British imperialists and their critics

6. Chroniclers and revisionists

7. Colonialism, criticism, and cultural theory

8. The Irish Republic as "postcolonial" polity

9. Northern Ireland after 1968: an anticolonial struggle?

10. Ulster unionism

a colonial culture?

11. Comparative perspectives

12. Conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-44263-8

9786610442638

0-19-154310-1

0-585-48608-5

OCLC:

1027166283