Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain
Sanghera, Sathnam, 1976-2021
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In his brilliantly illuminating book, Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how our past is everywhere: from how we live to how we think, from the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism, from our distrust of intellectuals in public life to the exceptionalism that imbued the campaign for Brexit and the government's early response to the Covid crisis. And yet empire is a subject, weirdly hidden from view.
Main title:
Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain / Sathnam Sanghera.
Author:
Sanghera, Sathnam, 1976-, author
Edition:
[Updated edition].
Imprint:
London, England: Penguin Books, 2021.©2021
Collation:
xii, 339 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: UK: Viking.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241445310 (paperback)
Dewey class:
941941 SAN
Local class:
HI.1.02/SAN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3135439