Introduction
The naturalisation of nation-building in the nineteenth century
English nation-building and seventeenth century Ireland
"Political arithmetic" and the early origins of the "troublesome Irish"
Theorising the nation in Ireland
Nationalising people, places, and historical records in nineteenth century Ireland
Social and ethnic collectivities in nation-building ireland
Pressing home the nation
Political pamphlets and provincial newspapers in unionist Ulster
Mapping the imagined community of the nation in Ireland.