Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imaginedcommunities' 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. INDICE: 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 ConnaughtRangers Mutiny - 'Enemies of the Empire'? The Imperial Context of the Connaught Rangers Mutiny - Conclusion - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21674-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés