The bestselling author of the award-winning Empireland delivers another powerful volume on the far-reaching consequences of British colonialism, this time exploring the UK's imperial legacy on a global scale.
Empireland examined imperialism's lasting impact on Britain.
Empireworld traces the legacies of British empire across the globe.
2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies.
The empire's influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries to nearly 1 in 3 driving on the left side of the road, and even shaping the origins of international law. Yet Britain's idea of its imperial history and the world's experience of it are two very different things.
In Empireworld, award-winning author and journalist, Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain. Travelling the globe to trace its international legacies - from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond - Sanghera demonstrates just how deeply British imperialism is baked into our world.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 2928377238056
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 750 g
Dimensions: 240 x 156 x 40 mm
I’ll keep this review short and sweet, as I think it’s important to simply let the book speak for itself.
Suffice to say that Sanghera’s follow up to Empireland, which this time looks at the British Empire’s effect...
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