The road to home rule : anti-imperialism and the Irish national movement / Paul A. Townend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townend, Paul A., 1967- author.

Series:

History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-imperialist movements--Ireland.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Nationalism--Ireland.

Nationalism.

Ireland.

Home rule--Ireland.

Home rule.

Ireland--Politics and government--19th century.

Politics and government.

Ireland--History--19th century.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.

ISBN:

9780299310707

0299310701

OCLC:

946579910