Comrades Against Imperialism - Nehru, India, and Interwar Internationalism

Examines the emergence of anti-imperialist internationalism during the interwar years from the perspective of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

List of contents

Part I. Mobilizing against Empire, 1927-1930: 1. A 'real' league of nations: the Brussels Congress, 1927; 2. The making of the league against imperialism, 1927; 3. Internationalizing nationalism in India, 1928-1929; 4. Anti-imperialism in crisis, 1929-1930; Part II. Afterlives of Anti-Imperialism: 5. Nehru's anti-imperialism after 1930; 6. Peace and war, 1936-1939; 7. The war and the fate of anti-imperialism.

About the author

Michele L. Louro is an Associate Professor of History at Salem State University, Massachusetts, where she specializes in modern South Asia, the British Empire, and world history.

Summary

This book studies Jawaharlal Nehru's use of internationalism and anti-imperialism to unite the Global South between the world wars and provides an important history of the interwar years. For those interested in modern India, British imperialism, anti-colonial nationalism, decolonization, international history, and the Cold War.

Product details

• Authors: Michele L Louro, Michele L. Louro, Michele L. (Salem State University Louro, LOURO MICHELE L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108419307
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41930-7
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Global and International History; Global and International Histo; Global and International History; Global and International Histo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / World, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence