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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963168703321

Autore

Silvestri Michael <1966->

Titolo

Ireland and India : Nationalism, Empire and Memory / / by M. Silvestri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612672439

9781282672437

1282672436

9780230246812

0230246818

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, , 2635-1641

Disciplina

320.5409415

Soggetti

Great Britain - History

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

World politics

Asia - History

History, Modern

History of Britain and Ireland

Asian Culture

Political History

Asian History

Modern History

History of South Asia

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 Fein 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.