The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of
different names implies uncertainty and contention-and an ability to invent and adjust. In a …

The nation-state has long offered a powerful framework within which to understand modern
economic growth. To some it provides “a natural unit in the study of economic growth,” …

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The entanglement of identity and personal attire in colonial settings is explored through
consideration of a tattered set of clothes from late sixteenth-early seventeenth-century …

Current trends in historical archaeology emphasize capitalism and colonial discourse in
examining commonalties in the archaeologies of the “modern world,” yet the endless …

This article examines the Irish fiscal-military state in the eighteenth century. It locates the
Irish state within a broader imperial context showing how Ireland contributed to the wider …

The study of minorities is central to research in ethnicity and nationalism. But there are cases
where the precise nature of the minority is not easy to determine. One view of Southern Irish …

This thesis recounts the Puritan struggle for military hegemony and the more difficult contest
for an authoritative interpretation of divine communications through war. It asks a simple …

The concept of the 'fiscal-military state'has been extraordinarily influential in shaping how we
view the eighteenth-century English state. John Brewer's seminal book The Sinews of Power …

Traditional understandings of Ireland in the early modern Atlantic have focused on the island
as a site of endeavor for English colonial adventurers, positioning Ireland as a “blueprint for …