Ireland and empire : colonial legacies in Irish history and culture /

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 Ire...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Howe, Stephen, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Public opinion > Northern Ireland > History.
Imperialism > Public opinion > History.
Public opinion > Ireland > History.
Postcolonialism > Northern Ireland.
Postcolonialism > Ireland.
Opinion publique > Irlande du Nord > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Opinion publique > Irlande > Histoire.
Postcolonialisme > Irlande du Nord.
Postcolonialisme > Irlande.
HISTORY.
Imperialism > Public opinion
Postcolonialism
Public opinion
Public opinion, Irish
Kolonialisme.
Postkolonialisme.
Mentaliteit.
Nationale identiteit.
Ireland > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign public opinion, Irish.
Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Opinion publique irlandaise.
Great Britain
Ireland
Northern Ireland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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