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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784946203321

Autore

Silvestri M

Titolo

Ireland and India [[electronic resource] ] : Nationalism, Empire and Memory / / by M. Silvestri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-67243-6

9786612672439

0-230-24681-8

1-349-30368-2

0-230-21674-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 298 pages, [15] pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1633

Disciplina

320.5409415

941.508

Soggetti

Great Britain—History

Ethnology—Asia

World politics

Asia—History

History, Modern

History of Britain and Ireland

Asian Culture

Political History

Asian History

Modern History

History of South Asia

Ireland Relations India

India Relations Ireland

India History British occupation, 1765-1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

'An assertion of liberty incarnate' : Irish and Indian nationalists in North America -- 'The  Sinn Féin of India' : the reception of Irish revolutionary



nationalism in Bengal -- 'Lord and Master Nikkal Seyn' : the construction of John Nicholson as a British imperial hero --  An 'Irish Paladin' : John Nicholson as an Ulster and Irish imperial hero --  'The remains of Ireland's loneliest martyr' : the commemoration of the Connaught Rangers mutiny -- 'Enemies of the Empire'? : the imperial context of the Connaught Rangers mutiny.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, Ireland and India examines three aspects of Ireland's imperial history: relationships between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as imperial heroes, and the commemoration of an Irish regiment's mutiny in India.