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:	9780230216747
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/22/2009
Edition description:	2009
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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

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