Cosmopolitan Nationalism in the Victorian Empire: Ireland, India and the Politics of Alfred Webb

by Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre

Book Overview

The first biography of Alfred Webb, Irish nationalist and president of the 1894 Indian National Congress. The biography explores how Webb viewed nationalism as a vehicle for global social justice. Drawing on archives in Britain, Ireland and India the author reveals how Irish and Indians used cosmopolitan London to create networks across the Empire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230220851
• ISBN13: 9780230220850
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"