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If the Irish ran the world : Montserrat, 1630-1730
- Title
- If the Irish ran the world : Montserrat, 1630-1730 / Donald Harman Akenson.
- Author
- Akenson, Donald H.
- Publication
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | HRG 98-2203 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 273 p. : maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of "Irish" imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detailed history of the island during its first century as a European colony." "Akenson reveals that the Irish proved to be as effective and as unfeeling colonists as the English and the Scottish, despite the long history of oppression in Ireland. He debunks the myth of the "nice" slave holder and the view that indentured labour prevailed in the West Indies in the seventeenth century. He also shows that the long-held habit of ignoring ethnic strife within the white ruling classes in the West Indies is misconceived."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The Joanne Goodman lectures of the University of Western Ontario ; 1997
- Uniform Title
- Joanne Goodman lectures ; 1997.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
- Call Number
- HRG 98-2203
- ISBN
- 0773516301 (alk. paper)
- 9780773516304 (alk. paper)
- 0773516867 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780773516861 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98198552
- OCLC
- 40311706
- Author
- Akenson, Donald H.
- Title
- If the Irish ran the world : Montserrat, 1630-1730 / Donald Harman Akenson.
- Imprint
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.
- Series
- The Joanne Goodman lectures of the University of Western Ontario ; 1997Joanne Goodman lectures ; 1997.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- HRG 98-2203