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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521119375
ISBN-139780521119375
eBay Product ID (ePID)109483935
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
Publication NameIrish Imperial Networks : Migration, Social Communication and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century India
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
SubjectImperialism, International Relations / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Great Britain / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorBarry Crosbie
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-029846
Reviews"...Crosbie's work is thoroughly researched, well grounded in historiography, and clearly written." -Jill Bender, The Journal of British Studies
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal954/.0049162
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. The business of empire; 3. British overseas expansion, Ireland and the sinews of colonial power; 4. From trade to dominion; 5. Religion, civil society and imperial authority; 6. From company to Crown rule; 7. Imperial crisis and the age of reform; Conclusion.
SynopsisThis is an innovative study of the role of Ireland and the Irish in the British Empire which examines the intellectual, cultural and political interconnections between nineteenth-century British imperial, Irish and Indian history. Barry Crosbie argues that Ireland was a crucial sub-imperial centre for the British Empire in South Asia that provided a significant amount of the manpower, intellectual and financial capital that fuelled Britain's drive into Asia from the 1750s onwards. He shows the important role that Ireland played as a centre for recruitment for the armed forces, the medical and civil services and the many missionary and scientific bodies established in South Asia during the colonial period. In doing so, the book also reveals the important part that the Empire played in shaping Ireland's domestic institutions, family life and identity in equally significant ways., This innovative study focuses on Ireland's role as a crucial sub-imperial centre during the long nineteenth century. The author argues that Ireland supplied the Empire with a vital repository of manpower, knowledge and skill that fuelled Britain's drive into South Asia from the 1750s onwards.