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Cosmopolitan Nationalism in the Victorian Empire
Ireland, India and the Politics of Alfred Webb
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Cosmopolitan Nationalism in the Victorian Empire
Ireland, India and the Politics of Alfred Webb
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- A Note on Terminology
- 1 'How rich my life has been, not in itself but in its associations': An Introduction to Alfred Webb
- 2 'Interested in people of all countries, especially of America': A Quaker Family in the Atlantic World
- 3 ‘The labours and responsibilities nearly killed me': Webb and Social Activism in Victorian Dublin
- 4 'Some curious characters floated on the surface': Webb's Entry into Nationalist Politics
- 5 'I am willing to take any dangerous part': Webb in the World of Parnell and Gladstone
- 6 'A union of hearts firmly based on love of Ireland': Cosmopolitan Friendship in the Imperial Metropolis
- 7 'I stand beside you as a comrade': Irish and Indian Political Collaboration
- 8 ‘Politics is a difficult and anxious game': An Assessment of Webb
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index