Cosmopolitan nationalism in the Victorian Empire : Ireland, India and the politics of Alfred Webb / / Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
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| Autore: |
Regan-Lefebvre Jennifer
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| Titolo: |
Cosmopolitan nationalism in the Victorian Empire : Ireland, India and the politics of Alfred Webb / / Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
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| Pubblicazione: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.5409415092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Nationalists - Ireland |
| Quakers - Ireland | |
| Home rule - Ireland | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ireland Politics and government 19th century |
| Ireland Politics and government 20th century | |
| Ireland Relations India | |
| India Relations Ireland | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cosmopolitan nationalism in the Victorian Empire |
| ISBN: | 1-282-67172-3 |
| 9786612671722 | |
| 0-230-24470-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819112103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.