Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Book One: Downpatrick Is the Butterfly Capital of the Universe
5. Prelude 1
6. The Discus Throwers 16-400 ce 5
7. The Rope Braiders 150-400 ce 27
8. The Book of the Conquests of Ireland 3000 bce-493 ce 57
9. Who Spreadest Out the Heavens 493-1493 103
10. New Worlds Seduce The Old 1488-1610 135
11. Misplaced Files 1610-1660 175
12. The Empire of the Obscure: The West Indies, 1620-1667 195
13. The Mainland Colonies 1584-1690 243
14. The Empire of the Ambiguous: The West Indies, 1668-1690 265
15. Glory in Some Fashion 1690-1785 301
16. The Devil's Sugar Plantation: The West Indies, 1690-1785 333
17. Thirteen is a Lucky Number 1690-1785 355
18. Book Two: Kings of the Wild Frontiers?
19. Off Their Knees Ireland 1785-1830 391
20. Cry Note For Cook's Wake 1768-1793 423
21. Measuring the Land of Resentment, Australia 1768-1793 445
22. The Long White Shround New Zealand 1792-1830 493
23. Albion, Hibernias Bent Old Darling 1715-1830 511
24. St. Paul Comes to Polynesia 1795-1830 527
25. The Canadas 1770-1830 551
26. The American Evolution 1785-1830 587
27. The Edge. Ireland 1830-1845 613
28. Regarding The Crown Jewel. India 1785-1845 623
29. Not the Darkest of Continents. Africa 1805-1845 635
30. The End of Easy Money. the West Indies 1800-1865 655
31. Advance Australia Fair, or Foul 1830-45 663
32. Treaty Negotiations? New Zealand 1830-1845 695
33. Pebbles in God's Hand Polynesia 1830-1845 727
34. Neighbour. England 1830-1845 741
35. Upper Canada. Ireland's Cold Dominion 1830-1845 753
36. Compression and Expansion. The United States 1830-1845 781
37. Index 805
38. Story Titles 821