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If the Irish ran the world : Montserrat, 1630-1730 /
"What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of "Irish" imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detaile...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Buffalo :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
Ã1997.
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| Colección: | Joanne Goodman lectures ;
1997. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of "Irish" imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detailed history of the island during its first century as a European colony." "Akenson reveals that the Irish proved to be as effective and as unfeeling colonists as the English and the Scottish, despite the long history of oppression in Ireland. He debunks the myth of the "nice" slave holder and the view that indentured labour prevailed in the West Indies in the seventeenth century. He also shows that the long-held habit of ignoring ethnic strife within the white ruling classes in the West Indies is misconceived."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773580442 0773580441 1283530260 9781283530262 9786613842718 6613842710 |