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100	1		_aOwen, Nicholas
245	0	4	_aThe British Left and India : _bMetropolitan Anti-Imperialism, 1885-1947 [ electronic resource ] / _cby Nicholas Owen.
260			_bOxford Scholarship Online, _c2008
520			_aThis book examines the complex and often troubled relationship between anti-imperialist campaigners in Britain and India, from the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 to the winning of independence in 1947. It 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 to work. On the other side of the relationship, it charts the trajectory of the Indian National Congress as it shifted from appeals couched in language familiar to British progressives to the less familiar vocabulary and techniques of Mahatma Gandhi. The new Gandhian methods of self-reliance had unwelcome implications for the work that the British supporters of Congress had traditionally undertaken, leading to the collapse of their main organization, and the precipitation of anti-imperialist work into the turbulent cross-currents of left-wing British politics. Metropolitan anti-imperialism became largely a function of other commitments, whether communist, theosophical, pacifist, socialist, or anti-fascist. The book explains the strengths and weaknesses of these connections, and the ultimate failure to create the durable alliance between anti-imperialists which the British Empire's governors had always feared. Drawing on a wide range of newly available archival material in Britain and India, including the records of campaigning organizations, political parties, the British government, and the imperial security services, the chapter provides a full account of the diverse and fragmented world of British metropolitan anti-imperialism.
650	1	0	_aHistory
650	1	0	_aPolitical History
655		4	_aElectronic books
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233014.001.0001 _yhttps://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233014.001.0001 _zView to click
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