summary This is the first study to survey the development of musical thought in modern Irish
cultural history. It registers the function of music as a dynamic agent in the history of Irish …

The second edition of Steven Ellis's formidable work represents not only a survey, but also a
critique of traditional perspectives on the making of modern Ireland. It explores Ireland both …

In this book, one of the leading authorities on contemporary Northern Ireland politics
provides an original, sophisticated and innovative examination of the post-Belfast …

At the rise of the Tudor age, England began to form a national identity. With that sense of self
came the beginnings of the colonialist notion of the"" other"""" Ireland, however, proved a …

In light of its upcoming centenary in 2016, the time seems ripe to ask: why, how and in what
ways has memory of Ireland's 1916 Rising persisted over the decades? In pursuing answers …

Strong feelings of loyalty have underpinned the modern European state throughout its
history and have contributed to its remarkable viability. The reasons for the territorialization …

Bringing her original insights into theory and philosophy to bear upon the controversial
question of revision in Irish history, Evi Gkotzaridis presents the first historical and theoretical …

Among the many quandaries facing postcolonial studies today is the question of how to
reckon with the problem of saying something substantial about colonial and imperial history …

Shows how the Welsh, as well as the English, were colonisers in Tudor and early Stuart
Ireland. The colonial presence in early modern Ireland is usually viewed as being …

Shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's Whitfield Prize, 2014 King Charles I's execution
in January 1649 marked a moment of deliverance for the victors in the Wars of the Three …