The British Left and India
Subtitle: Metropolitan Anti-Imperialism, 1885-1947 (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: December 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780199233014
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Colonization & independence; Imperialism; International relations; Nationalism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; British Empire; India; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Asia - India & South Asia; History / Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; 19th century; 20th century; Anti-imperialist movements; Great Britain; Public opinion
Description: Tracing the complex and troubled relationship between the British Left and the nationalist movement in India in the years before Indian independence, Nicholas Owen's study looks at the failure of British and Indian anti-imperialists to create the kind of powerful alliance that the Empire's governors had always feared.