CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Part 1. NARRATIVE and EVENTS
7. Chapter 1. CONQUEST, CIVILIZATION, COLONIZATION: IRELAND, 1540– 1660 21
8. Chapter 2. ASCENDANCY IRELAND, 1660– 1800 48
9. Chapter 3. IRELAND UNDER THE UNION, 1801– 1922 74
10. Chapter 4. INDEPENDENT IRELAND 109
11. Chapter 5. NORTHERN IRELAND since 1920 141
12. Chapter 6. TWENTY- FIRST- CENTURY IRELAND 168
13. Part 2. TOPICS, THEMES, and DEVELOPMENTS
14. Chapter 7. INTELLECTUAL HISTORY: WILLIAM KING to EDMUND BURKE 193
15. Chapter 8. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS: YOUNG IRELAND to YEATS 217
16. Chapter 9. IRISH MODERNISM and ITS LEGACIES 236
17. Chapter 10. MEDIA and CULTURE in IRELAND, 1960– 2008 253
18. Chapter 11. HISTORIOGRAPHY 271
19. Chapter 12. RELIGION 292
20. Chapter 13 THE IRISH LANGUAGE 320
21. Chapter 14. IRELAND and EMPIRE 343
22. Chapter 15. WOMEN and GENDER in MODERN IRELAND 361
23. Chapter 16. POLITICAL VIOLENCE 382
24. Chapter. 17 FAMINE 403
25. Chapter 18. ECONOMY in INDEPENDENT IRELAND 425
26. Chapter 19. NATIONALISMS 447
27. Chapter 20. FEMINISM 470
28. Chapter 21. DIASPORA 490
29. INDEX 509