Subtitled 'British Perceptions of Ireland from the Reformation to the Famine', this is a critical anthology of English, Scottish and Welsh colonists' and travellers' accounts of Ireland and the Irish from the 16th to 19th centuries. All are eyewitness descriptions by writers seeing Ireland for the first time. In their introduction, the editors present a unique case study of the process of racial stereotyping, colonial representation and cultural conflict. The writers themselves show how the historical perceptions changed over time.

ISBN 0-86140-350-9 xii, 316pp. 18 illus. £33.00