Ireland, India and Empire
Subtitle: Indo-Irish radical connections, 1919-64
By: Kate O'Malley.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780719077517
Subjects: Patel, Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai, -- 1873-1933; Bose, Subhas Chandra, -- 1897-1945; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century; Ireland -- Relations -- India; India -- Relations -- Ireland; Ireland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Description: Using previously unpublished sources from the Indian Political Intelligence collection, it chronicles the rise and fall of movements such as the Indian-Irish Independence League and the League Against Imperialism, whose histories have, until now, remained deeply hidden in the archives. O₂Malley also highlights opaque aspects of the careers of popular figures from both Irish and Indian history including Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eamon de Valera and Maud Gonne MacBride at points when their paths crossed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-204) and index
Table of contents: title: The communist menace; title: V.J. Patel and the Indian-Irish Independence League; title: Subhas Chandra Bose and Ireland; title: The Second World War and the 'vanishing empire'; title: A Commonwealth republic.