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DOI:10.3406/ethio.2013.1547

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Farrell argues that the Ulster plantation should be ranked alongside other early-modern colonies within the Atlantic world. Several differing zones of colonial development in early-modern Ireland are posited, laying stress upon the isolation of Ulster from the metropole until the eve of colonisation. The consequently alien character of the province, he argues, gives it more in common with ‘New ... [Show full abstract] World’ colonies than any settlement occurring in Europe at the time. A specific focus on Ulster is maintained, except to consider the constitutional argument for regarding the island as a kingdom rather than a colony. Farrell demonstrates that this status was merely formal, and that the colonial nature of Ireland at this time is reflected in the reality of day-to-day life.

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I hope I will not be accused of mental colonialism by attributing to Europe the role which belongs to it historically: that of the Self, which leaves the position of the Other for us. Consequently, this text ought to begin with the view taken of the Other (the European view of the Brazilians) and continue with the view held by the Other (the Brazilian view of the Europeans).