Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture

Type

Book

Authors

Stephen Howe

ISBN 10

0199249903

ISBN 13

9780199249909

Tags

Great Britain, Europe

Description

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. - from Amzon

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