Ireland and India: Nationalism, Empire and Memory

by M. Silvestri

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349303687
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/22/2009
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2009
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

MICHAEL SILVESTRI is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction '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 Conclusion Bibliography