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The British Left and India - Metropolitan Anti-Imperialism, 1885-1947 (Hardcover)
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The British Left and India - Metropolitan Anti-Imperialism, 1885-1947 (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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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 anti-imperialists
which the British Empire's governors had always feared.
Drawing on a wide range of newly available archival material in
Britain and India, including the records of campaigning
organizations, political parties, the British government and the
imperial security services, this book is a powerful account of the
diverse and fragmented world of British
metropolitananti-imperialism.
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