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“Speed the Mahdi!” The Irish Press and Empire during the Sudan Conflict of 1883–1885
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Journal Article
“Speed the Mahdi!” The Irish Press and Empire during the Sudan Conflict of 1883–1885
2012
Overview
Here, de Nie comments on at least two larger discussions about the British empire and its relationship with Ireland. He makes a case for the importance of newspapers in tile late 19th century in informing high political debates about empire, representing what contemporary politicians took to be popular opinion, and generally indicating the possible parameters of debate. Systematic press analysis across a wide political spectrum has been neglected by new imperial historians more concerned with less influential aspects of popular culture, he claims. At the same time, he also argues that the new imperial history has failed to engage thoroughly with Irish attitudes to empire, in their full diversity and complexity. He further argues in sum that 'just as Irish imperial studies must expand beyond its focus on the nationalists and consider the diversity of Ireland's engagement with empire, so must the new imperial history more fully incorporate the popular press and particularly non-English voices in order to craft a more comprehensive and satisfactory account of British imperial sensibilities.' Reprinted by permission of the University of Chicago Press. © All rights reserved
