Ireland and India: Nationalism, Empire and Memory

By Michael Silvestri

Book 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230216749
• ISBN13: 9780230216747
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"