Ireland and India: Colonies, Culture and Empire

Irish diaspora studies have scarcely begun to investigate the widespread and complex political and cultural relationships between Ireland and India. In the nineteenth century, Ireland and India, though not technically defined as colonies, were both treated as such by Britain. Ireland, constitutionally a part of the imperial power, was both colonized and a colonizer. Irish soldiers contributed massively to the building of the Raj, and Irish doctors, engineers, lawyers, administrators, and missionaries serviced the empire in India, while the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and gentry provided several viceroys and governors-general. This book includes essays on a number of distinguished civil servants as well as chapters on such topics as law, religion, education, folk tale collecting, and literary connections between India and Ireland. The concept, developed in the 1860s, of 'governing Ireland according to Irish ideas' was influenced by Indian practice. One aspect of this program, the tran

Product details

• Assisted by: Tadhg Foley (Editor), Maureen O'Connor (Editor)
• Publisher: Irish Academic Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780716528388
• ISBN: 978-0-7165-2838-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 237 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 598 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History