The British Left and India: Metropolitan Anti-Imperialism, 1885-1947

by Nicholas Owen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199233012
• ISBN13: 9780199233014
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.7"