Modern Irish history was determined by the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. And British imperial history, from the age of Atlantic expansion to the age of decolonization, was moulded in part by Irish experience. But the nature of Ireland's position in the Empire has always been a matter of contentious dispute. Was Ireland a sister kingdom and equal partner in a larger British state? Or was it, because of its proximity and strategic importance, the Empire's most subjugated colony? Contemporaries disagreed strongly on these questions, and historians continue to do so. Questions of this sort can only be answered historically: Ireland's relationship with Britain and the Empire developed and changed over time, as did the Empire itself. This book offers the first comprehensive history of the subject from the early modern era through the contemporary period. The contributors seek to specify the nature of Ireland's entanglement with empire over time: from the conquest and colonization of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, through the consolidation of Ascendancy rule in the eighteenth, the Act of Union in the period 1801-1921, the emergence of an Irish Free State and Republic, and eventual withdrawal from the British Commonwealth in 1948. They also consider the participation of Irish people in the Empire overseas, as soldiers, administrators, merchants, migrants, and missionaries; the influence of Irish social, administrative, and constitutional precedents in other colonies; and the impact of Irish nationalism and independence on the Empire at large. The result is a new interpretation of Irish history in its wider imperial context which is also filled with insights on the origins, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. This book offers the first comprehensive history of Ireland and the British Empire from the early modern era through the contemporary period. The contributors examine each phase of Ireland's entanglement with the Empire, from conquest and colonisation to independence, along with the extensive participation of Irish people in the Empire overseas, and the impact of Irish politics and nationalism on other British colonies. The result is a new interpretation of Irish history in its wider imperial context which is also filled with insights on the origins, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. SERIES DESCRIPTION The purpose of the five volumes of the Oxford History of the British Empire was to provide a comprehensive study of the Empire from its beginning to end, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. The volumes in the Companion Series carry forward this purpose by exploring themes that were not possible to cover adequately in the main series, and to provide fresh interpretations of significant topics.
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This is the first comprehensive history of Ireland and the British Empire. It examines the different phases of Ireland's colonial status from the seventeenth century until the present, along with the impact of Irish people, politics, and nationalism on the Empire at large. The result is a new interpretation of Irish history and its place in the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire.
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Introduction: Ireland and the British Empire ; 1. A Laboratory for Empire?: Early Modern Ireland and English Imperialism ; 2. 'This famous island set in a Virginian sea': Ireland in the British Empire, 1690-1801 ; 3. The Irish in the Empire ; 4. Empire and Fiction: The Irish Novel ; 5. Ireland, the Union, and the Empire ; 6. Ireland, the Empire, and the Commonwealth ; 7. Historiography ; 8. Postcolonial Ireland ; Index
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...a worthwhile contribution to the unending 'polemic' inspired by Ireland's uniquely ambiguous association with the British Empire.
Part of the companion series to the Oxford History of the British Empire The first book to cover Ireland and the British Empire during the full period from the early modern era to the present Contributors include leading historians of Ireland Extensive coverage of literary and cultural history as well as social, economic, political, and constitutional history Examines the participation and influence of Irish people in the Empire as merchants, migrants, soldiers, civil servants and missionaries
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Professor Wm Roger Louis Editor-in-Chief Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, University of Texas, Austin
Part of the companion series to the Oxford History of the British Empire The first book to cover Ireland and the British Empire during the full period from the early modern era to the present Contributors include leading historians of Ireland Extensive coverage of literary and cultural history as well as social, economic, political, and constitutional history Examines the participation and influence of Irish people in the Empire as merchants, migrants, soldiers, civil servants and missionaries
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199251834
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
300

Biographical note

Professor Wm Roger Louis Editor-in-Chief Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, University of Texas, Austin