"Finally, the article shows that Ford’s central purpose was to foster a visceral hatred of the British empire among his Irish-American readership, to maintain a commitment to their ethnic heritage as proud Irish people, and to encourage his readers that a better future would soon arrive, when the British empire was finally a relic of the past."

O’Sullivan, R. (2024) ‘Irish-American Anti-Imperialism in Patrick Ford’s The Criminal History of the British Empire’, The Historical Journal, pp. 1–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X24000098 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Imperialsim #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Empire #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons