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Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence - India, Ireland and the Crisis of Empire (Hardcover)
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Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence - India, Ireland and the Crisis of Empire (Hardcover)
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In the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire was hit by two
different crises on opposite sides of the world--the Jallianwala
Bagh, or Amritsar, Massacre in the Punjab and the Croke Park
Massacre, the first 'Bloody Sunday', in Ireland. This book provides
a study at the cutting edge of British imperial historiography,
concentrating on British imperial violence and the concept of
collective punishment. This was the 'crisis of empire' following
the political and ideological watershed of World War I. The British
Empire had reached its greatest geographical extent, appeared
powerful, liberal, humane and broadly sympathetic to gradual
progress to responsible self-government. Yet the empire was faced
with existential threats to its survival with demands for
decolonisation, especially in India and Ireland, growing
anti-imperialism at home, virtual bankruptcy and domestic social
and economic unrest. Providing an original and closely-researched
analysis of imperial violence in the aftermath of World War I, this
book will be essential reading for historians of empire, South Asia
and Ireland.
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