Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Preface xiii
7. Note on dates and quotations xvii
8. 1 From barbarian to burlesque: the changing stereotype of the Irish 1
9. 2 Anglo-Irish attitudes: shifting perceptions of national identity 25
10. 3 Aristocratic decline: the fall of the house of Ormond 49
11. 4 A presence in the country: the Brodricks and their ‘interest’ 77
12. 5 ‘Commonwealthman’, unionist and king’s servant: Henry Maxwell and the Whig imperative 104
13. 6 ‘Paltry underlings of state’? The character and aspirations of the ‘Castle’ party, 1715–32 124
14. 7 Creating industrious Protestants: charity schools and the enterprise of religious and social reformation 149
15. 8 A question of upbringing: Thomas Prior, Sir John Rawdon, 3rd Bt, and the mentality and ideology of ‘improvement’ 175
16. Bibliography of secondary works 199
17. Index 213