Ireland and the British Empire [Paperback]

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.

Introduction: Ireland and the British Empire,Kevin Kenny
1. A Laboratory for Empire?: Early Modern Ireland and English Imperialism,Jane Ohlmeyer
2. 'This famous island set in a Virginian sea': Ireland in the British Empire, 1690-1801,Thomas Bartlett
3. The Irish in the Empire,Kevin Kenny
4. Empire and Fiction: The Irish Novel,Vera Kreilkamp
5. Ireland, the Union, and the Empire,Alvin Jackson
6. Ireland, the Empire, and the Commonwealth,Deirdre McMahon
7. Historiography,Stephen Howe
8. Postcolonial Ireland,Joe Cleary
Index

Essential reading for students of Irish, British, and Empire/Commonwealth history. --History: New Reviews of Books

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