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Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture
Stephen Howe
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Description for Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture
paperback. A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyze Ireland's past and present in colonial terms. This book explores these controversies, ranging from debates over the ancient and medieval past to those in current literary and postcolonial theory. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyse 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 analuses these controversies, ranging 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, ... Read more
A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyse 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 analuses these controversies, ranging 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199249909
SKU
KSG0034170
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Reviews for Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture
A more relevant or better researched book would be difficult to find
Irish Post
An academic page-turner
Sunday Tribune, Dublin
sharp and perceptive study of idelology, history, culture and the matter of Ireland.
Independent
should be read by anyone interested in understanding the ways in which historians, literary critics, political scientists, politicans and propagandists ... Read more
Irish Post
An academic page-turner
Sunday Tribune, Dublin
sharp and perceptive study of idelology, history, culture and the matter of Ireland.
Independent
should be read by anyone interested in understanding the ways in which historians, literary critics, political scientists, politicans and propagandists ... Read more