This book examines the place of imperialism in the cultural, political and economic life of late nineteenth-century Irish society.It highlights the tensions whi

Mobility was central to imperialism, from the human movements entailed in exploration, travel and migration to the information, communications and commodity flo

Irish people have had a long and complex engagement with the lands and waters encompassing the Pacific world. As the European presence in the Pacific intensifie

To China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British 'informal empire'.

This work will be essential reading for social and political historians of nineteenth-century Ireland. It is the first academic study to explore the meanings of