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Ireland was England's oldest colony.
Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland-in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Statues must fall'-to better understand how it has formed the present, and how it might shape the future.
List of contents
- 1: Making History
- 2: Anglicisation
- 3: Assimilation
- 4: Agents of Empire
- 5: Laboratory
- 6: Empires in Ireland
- Bibliography
About the author
Jane Ohlmeyer, MRIA, FTCD, FRHistS, is Erasmus Smith Professor of Modern History at Trinity College Dublin, where she served as Trinity's first Vice-President for Global Relations (2011-14). She was a driving force behind the 1641 Depositions Project and the development of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute which she directed (2015-20). She is a passionate teacher and has held appointments and fellowships at institutions in Brazil, England, France, India, Scotland, South Africa, and the US. She chaired the Irish Research Council (2015-21) and has served on numerous editorial and other boards. She is the author or editor of numerous articles and 11 books. She is currently working on a 4-part documentary called 'From that Small Island: the story of the Irish' which will be broadcast in March 2024.
Summary
Ireland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland—in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Statues must fall'—to better understand how it has formed the present, and how it might shape the future.
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Ireland has long had a complicated and multifaceted relationship with Britain and, as Ohlmeyer amply demonstrates, with the British Empire as well. Focusing on the early modern period, she establishes how the English state adopted different approaches in dealing with Ireland at different times, varying according to the inclination of individual rulers or the exigencies of domestic or foreign politics...In the process, she provides a useful overview of Irish history in the early modern period from a global and imperial perspective. Recommended.
