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Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture

By Stephen Howe

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0199249903, 9780199249909, 0198208251, 9780198208259, 9780585486086
LCC
DA963 .H69 2000
Open Library ID
OL46487M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1935489 bytes)
Pages
352\351
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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.

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