Ireland in an Imperial World [electronic resource] : Citizenship, Opportunism, and Subversion /
McMahon, Timothy G.editor.
de Nie, Michael.editor.
Townend, Paul.editor.
Ireland in an Imperial World interrogates the myriad ways through which Irish men and women experienced, participated in, and challenged empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most importantly, they were integral players simultaneously managing and undermining the British Empire, and through their diasporic communities, they built sophisticated arguments that aided challenges to other imperial projects. In emphasizing the interconnections between Ireland and the wider British and Irish worlds, this book argues that a greater appreciation of empire is essential for enriching our understanding of the development of Irish society at home. Moreover, these thirteen essays argue plainly that Ireland was on the cutting edge of broader global developments, both in configuring and dismantling Europe’s overseas empires.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1 Introduction by Timothy G. McMahon, Michael de Nie and Paul Townend -- Citizenship -- 2 Country Houses and the Distinctiveness of the Irish Imperial Experience by Stephanie Barczewski -- 3 Those the Empire Washed Ashore: Uncovering Ireland’s Multi-racial Past by Mark Doyle.-4 Irish Rebel, Imperial Reformer: Charles Gavan Duffy and Australian Federation by Sean Farrell -- 5 The Assassination and Apotheosis of the Earl of Mayo by Timothy G. McMahon -- 6 Imperial Politics and the London Irish by Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre -- Opportunism -- 7 The Irish Press and Imperial Soldiering, 1882-1885 by Michael de Nie -- 8 ‘The Leader of the Virgin Choirs of Erin’: St. Brigid’s Missionary College, 1883-1914’ by Colin Barr and Rose Luminiello -- 9 ‘Paddy Does Not Mind Who the Enemy Is’: The Royal Irish Constabulary and Colonial Policing by Michael Silvestri -- Subversion -- 10 The ‘Piniana’ Question: Irish Fenians and the New Zealand Wars by Jill C. Bender -- 11 A Cosmopolitan Nationalist: James J. O’Kelly in America by Paul Townend -- 12 ‘Up with the American Flag in the All the Glory of Its Stainless Honour’: Anti-Imperial Rhetoric in the Chicago Citizen, 1898-1902 by Úna Ní Bhroiméil -- 13 The Shadow Metropole: The Varieties of Anti-Colonialism in Ireland, 1937-1968 by Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr. -- Afterword by Stephen Howe .
Ireland in an Imperial World interrogates the myriad ways through which Irish men and women experienced, participated in, and challenged empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most importantly, they were integral players simultaneously managing and undermining the British Empire, and through their diasporic communities, they built sophisticated arguments that aided challenges to other imperial projects. In emphasizing the interconnections between Ireland and the wider British and Irish worlds, this book argues that a greater appreciation of empire is essential for enriching our understanding of the development of Irish society at home. Moreover, these thirteen essays argue plainly that Ireland was on the cutting edge of broader global developments, both in configuring and dismantling Europe’s overseas empires.
Great Britain—History.
Imperialism.
Social history.
World history.
Civilization—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Cultural History.