Cosmopolitan nationalism in the Victorian Empire : Ireland, India and the politics of Alfred Webb / / Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819112103321
• Autore: Regan-Lefebvre Jennifer
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-67172-3; 9786612671722; 0-230-24470-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Collana: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
• Disciplina: 320.5409415092; B
• Soggetti: Nationalists - Ireland; Quakers - Ireland; Home rule - Ireland; Ireland Politics and government 19th century; Ireland Politics and government 20th century; Ireland Relations India; India Relations Ireland
• 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. 208-220) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; A Note on Terminology; 1 'How rich my life has been, not in itself but in its associations': An Introduction to Alfred Webb; 2 'Interested in people of all countries, especially of America': A Quaker Family in the Atlantic World; 3 'The labours and responsibilities nearly killed me': Webb and Social Activism in Victorian Dublin; 4 'Some curious characters floated on the surface': Webb's Entry into Nationalist Politics; 5 'I am willing to take any dangerous part': Webb in the World of Parnell and Gladstone; 6 'A union of hearts firmly based on love of Ireland': Cosmopolitan Friendship in the Imperial Metropolis7 'I stand beside you as a comrade': Irish and Indian Political Collaboration; 8 'Politics is a difficult and anxious game': An Assessment of Webb; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first biography of Alfred Webb, Irish nationalist and president of the 1894 Indian National Congress. The biography explores how Webb viewed nationalism as a vehicle for global social justice. Drawing on archives in Britain, Ireland and India the author reveals how Irish and Indians used cosmopolitan London to create networks across the Empire.