Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain
Sanghera, Sathnam, 1976-2021
Book
An illuminating portrait of contemporary Britain as a product of its imperial past for readers of Akala's NATIVES Britain as we know it is a direct product of our imperial past. And yet, empire is barely taught at school and continues to be a subject of both shame and glorification. Covering everything from our national habits to how we live - from the foundation of the NHS, to the nature of our racism, to our economic status and our wealth - Empireland argues that imperialism is everywhere, though we often choose not to see it. It is central to the way we think and conduct politics, from the distrust of intellectuals in public life, to the exceptionalism that inspired Brexit and our response to the COVID crisis. Sathnam Sanghera's deeply impassioned, enlightening and unsettling book demonstrates that we see that we can only truly understand who we are by knowing who we were.
Main title:
Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain / Sathnam Sanghera.
Author:
Sanghera, Sathnam, 1976-, author
Imprint:
[London] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.©2021
Collation:
xii, 306 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241445297 (hardback)
Dewey class:
941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
394096