ISBN10: 0199233012, ISBN13: 9780199233014, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition
[Edmonton, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 0199233012, ISBN13: 9780199233014, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Summary:"From the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 to the winning of independence in 1947, this book traces the complex and often troubled relationship between anti-imperialist campaigners in Britain and in India. Nicholas Owen traces the efforts of British Radicals and socialists to identify forms of anti-imperialism in India which fitted comfortably with their existing beliefs and their sense of how authentic progressive movements were supposed to work. On the other side of the relationship, he charts the trajectory of the Indian National Congress, as it shifted from appeals couched in language familiar to British progressives to the less familiar vocabulary and techniques of Mahatma Gandhi. The new Gandhian methods of self-reliance had unwelcome implications for the work that the British supporters of Congress had traditionally undertaken, leading to the collapse of their main organization, and the precipitation of anti-imperialist work into the turbulent cross-currents of left-wing British politics. Metropolitan anti-imperialism became largely a function of other commitments, whether communist, theosophical, pacifist, socialist or anti-fascist. Revealing the strengths and weaknesses of these connections, The British Left and India looks at the ultimate failure to create the durable alliance between a ...

ISBN10: 0199233012, ISBN13: 9780199233014, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. From the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 to the winning of independence in 1947, this book traces the complex and often troubled relationship between anti-imperialist campaigners in Britain and in India. Nicholas Owen traces the efforts of British Radicals and socialists to identify forms of anti-imperialism in India which fitted comfortably with their existing beliefs and their sense of how authentic progressive movements were supposed to work.On the other side of the relationship, he charts the trajectory of the Indian National Congress, as it shifted from appeals couched in language familiar to British progressives to the less familiarvocabulary and techniques of Mahatma Gandhi. The new Gandhian methods of self-reliance had unwelcome implications for the work that the British supporters of Congress had traditionally undertaken, leading to the collapse of their main organisation, and the precipitation of anti-imperialist work into the turbulent cross-currents of left-wing British politics. Metropolitan anti-imperialism became largely a function of other commitments, whether communist, theosophical, pacifist, socialist oranti-fascist. Revealing the strengths and weaknesses of these connections, The British Left and India looks at the ultimate failure to create the durable alliance between anti-imperialists which theBritish Empi ...
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Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 340 pages. 9.50x5.75x1.00 inches. 2007. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0199233012 9780199233014 [GB]

Oxford University Press, Date: 2008-01-06. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2008. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199233012 9780199233014 [US]

ISBN10: 0199233012, ISBN13: 9780199233014, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
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