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The road to home rule : anti-imperialism and the Irish national movement / Paul A. Townend.
Author
Townend, Paul A., 1967-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
xix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
DA957 .T69 2016
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Anti-imperialist movements
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Ireland
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Nationalism
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Ireland
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Home rule
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Ireland
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Ireland
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Politics and government
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19th century
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Ireland
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History
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19th century
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Series
History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
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Summary note
In the 1870s and 1880s, as the United Kingdom avidly built its empire in Asia and Africa, its rampant expansionism came under the scrutiny of its first and oldest colony, Ireland. Some Irish considered themselves loyal subjects and proud participants in the imperial enterprise, but others drew sharp analogies between the crown's ongoing conquests of distant lands and its centuries-old oppression of their homeland. The Irish were aware of how the British army had brutally suppressed Afghans, Egyptians, Zulus, and Boers-and how returning troops were then redeployed to quash dissent in Ireland. In Irish eyes, misrule by British officials and absentee landlords mirrored imperial oppression across the globe. Paul Townend shows that a growing critique of British imperialism shaped a rapidly evolving Irish political consciousness and was a crucial factor giving momentum to the Home Rule and Land League campaigns. Examining newspaper accounts, the rich political cartoons of the era, and the rhetoric and actions of Irish nationalists, he argues that anti-imperialism was a far more important factor in the formation of the independence movement than has been previously recognized in historical scholarship.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-304) and index.
Contents
Irish imperial politics and the imperial dimensions of Buttite home rule
The Afghan and Zulu wars and anti-imperial Irish politics
Between the wars
Liberal imperialism: the Irish and the Boer war
Anti-imperialism and the social movement of nationalism: the Egyptian crisis in Ireland
The changing politics of Irish anti-imperialism
Anti-imperialism and the limits of political possibility: nationalists, home rule, and the Sudan
The first home rule bill and the contours of Irish anti-imperialism.
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ISBN
9780299310707 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0299310701 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016012948
OCLC
946579910
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