Ireland and Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century

This book examines the place of imperialism in the cultural, political and economic life of late nineteenth-century Irish society.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Note on Terminology
Chronology

Introduction

Part A. Politics
1. Gladstonian Liberalism: Imperialism in Egypt and Coercion in Ireland
2. Another 'People Struggling to be Free': Crisis and Conquest in the Sudan

Part B. Culture
3. Informing Ireland: Sources of Information and Their Cultural Impact
4. Reading Empire: Identities, Patriotism, and the Press

Part C. Society
5. Building Empires: Humanitarian and Religious Impulses
6. Learning About Empire: Debating Societies and Schooling
7. Economic Ideas: Profit from the Empire or from Home Rule?
Conclusion
Appendix

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Fergal O'Leary completed his doctorate at Queen's University, Belfast

Product details

• Authors: Fergal O'Leary
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2023
• EAN: 9781837650606
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-060-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Irish Historical Monographs
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918