Cover; The Roots of English Colonialism in Ireland; Critical Perspectives on Empire; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: nature is a language; 1: Planting a landscape: cultivation and reform in Ireland; 2: Planning a landscape I: cultivation as reformation; 3: Planning a landscape II: cultivation through plantation; 4: Inscribing a landscape: maps, surveys, and records; 5: Material signs: ordering the built environment; 6: A civil offer: the failure to adopt English customs
7: Bad manners, nasty habits: the elimination of Irish customsConclusion; Bibliography; MANUSCRIPTS; THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES; BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD; BRITISH LIBRARY; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY WORKS; BOOKS; ARTICLES; UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS; Index
Summary
Major new study of the cultural origins of the Tudor plantations in Ireland and of early English imperialism more generally
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2019)