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Zusatztext a worthwhile contribution to the unending 'polemic' inspired by Ireland's uniquely ambiguous association with the British Empire. Informationen zum Autor Professor Wm Roger Louis is Editor-in-Chief and Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, University of Texas, Austin. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 1: Kevin Kenny: Ireland and the British Empire: An Introduction 2: Jane H. Ohlmeyer: A Laboratory for Empire?: Early Modern Ireland and English Imperialism 3: Thomas Bartlett: Ireland, Empire, and Union 1690-1801 4: Kevin Kenny: The Irish in the Empire 5: Alvin Jackson: Ireland, the Union, and the Empire 1800-1960 6: Vera Kreilkamp: Fiction and Empire: The Irish Novel 7: Deirdre McMahon: Ireland, the Empire, and the Commonwealth 8: Stephen Howe: Historiography 9: Joe Cleary: Postcolonial Ireland Index
