Contents

pp vii-vii

List of Illustrations

pp viii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xi

Acknowledgements

pp xii-xii

Glossary

pp xiii-xiii

Note on Terminology

pp xiv-xiv

Chronology

pp xv-xvii

List of Abbreviations

pp xviii-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part A - Politics

pp 17-18

Gladstonian Liberalism: Imperialism in Egypt and Coercion in Ireland

pp 19-47

2 - Another ‘People Struggling to be Free’: Crisis and Conquest in the Sudan

pp 48-88

Part B - Culture

pp 89-90

3 - Informing Ireland: Sources of Information and Their Cultural Impact

pp 91-119

4 - Reading Empire: Identities, Patriotism, and the Press

pp 120-148

Part C - Society

pp 149-150

5 - Building Empires: Humanitarian and Religious Impulses

pp 151-167

6 - Learning About Empire: Debating Societies and Schooling

pp 168-190

7 - Economic Ideas: Profit from the Empire or from Home Rule?

pp 191-219

Conclusion

pp 220-226

Appendix

pp 227-230

Bibliography

pp 231-248

Index

pp 249-256

Irish Historical Monographs previous volumes

pp 257-258