The first biography of Alfred Webb, Irish nationalist and president of the 1894 Indian National Congress. The biography explores how Webb viewed nationalism as a vehicle for global social justice. Drawing on archives in Britain, Ireland and India the author reveals how Irish and Indians used cosmopolitan London to create networks across the Empire.
Author(s): Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 13
A Note on Terminology......Page 14
1 'How rich my life has been, not in itself but in its associations': An Introduction to Alfred Webb......Page 16
A Quaker family in Victorian Ireland......Page 28
Transatlantic social justice and anti-slavery......Page 32
A print network......Page 39
Webb and Quakerism......Page 43
3 ‘The labours and responsibilities nearly killed me': Webb and Social Activism in Victorian Dublin......Page 49
Social activism in Ireland......Page 50
Suffragism and the Contagious Diseases Acts......Page 57
Representing and exhibiting in Dublin......Page 66
Literary reputation......Page 71
4 'Some curious characters floated on the surface': Webb's Entry into Nationalist Politics......Page 75
The road to the Home Government Association......Page 76
The Home Government Association......Page 81
Evolution of the Home Rule League......Page 89
Viable alternatives......Page 95
Land, the law and the National League......Page 100
‘Phantoms of the Irish Protestant conscience'......Page 107
'Led to our doom with Machiavellian ingenuity'......Page 115
6 'A union of hearts firmly based on love of Ireland': Cosmopolitan Friendship in the Imperial Metropolis......Page 121
The liberal face of Irish nationalism......Page 122
Cosmopolitan London......Page 129
Friendship and nationalism......Page 133
Webb the internationalist in the Irish Party......Page 143
Four international approaches in the Irish Party......Page 147
Internationalism in practice: Irish and Indian political strategies......Page 151
An Irish president for an Indian Congress......Page 161
Webb in political life, 1895–1908......Page 169
Irish–Indian relations after 1894......Page 171
Losing faith in the Imperial Parliament......Page 175
Webb and the Irish Party post-1895......Page 177
An assessment of Webb......Page 184
Notes......Page 189
Bibliography......Page 223
C......Page 236
D......Page 237
G......Page 238
I......Page 239
M......Page 240
O......Page 241
R......Page 242
T......Page 243
Y......Page 244
