Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture
Stephen Howe
Abstract
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 analyses these controversies, ranging from debates over the ancient and medieval past to those in current literary and postcolonial theory. Scholarly, at times polemical, i ... More
Keywords: Ireland, Irish Republicans, Ulster Unionists, colonialism, ancient past, medieval past
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2002 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199249909 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199249909.001.0001 |
