"This is an innovative study of the role of Ireland and the Irish in the British Empire which examines the intellectual, cultural and political interconnections between nineteenth-century British imperial, Irish and Indian history. Barry Crosbie argues that Ireland was a crucial…
"This is an innovative study of the role of Ireland and the Irish in the British Empire which examines the intellectual, cultural and political interconnections between nineteenth-century British imperial, Irish and Indian history. Barry Crosbie argues that Ireland was a crucial…
Barry Crosbie examines Ireland's crucial role in fuelling Britain's drive into South Asia from the 1750s onwards.
This is the first book about the literature of the Irish in London. By examining over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, it investigates the complex psychological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these u…
By examining over 30 novels, short stories, and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, Murray investigates the complex psychological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these unique and personal perspectives on the Irish experience of migr…
Based on personal letters and diaries and collective records, explores how two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire grounded themselves within the landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales, and how spatially-constructed colonial identi…
Based on personal letters and diaries and collective records, explores how two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire grounded themselves within the landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales, and how spatially-constructed colonial identi…
Based on personal letters and diaries and collective records, explores how two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire grounded themselves within the landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales, and how spatially-constructed colonial identi…
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to this…
To the IRA and its supporters the American connection meant guns and money. This volume reviews the flow of money and illegal munitions to the IRA from the US, and dissects the American press's often ill-informed reporting on the crisis in Northern Ireland.