An unflinching look at Britain’s past, showing how the empire was built – and depended on – institutionalised, racialised violence. The Pulitzer-winner argues that the empire only waned when that violence could no longer be maintained.
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
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Edition:Hardback978184792106224/03/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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Another slim, powerful novel from this excellent writer: as in The Order of the Day, he shows the web of overlapping and competing interests amongst politicians, industrialists and financier... read more
An Honourable Exit
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The Chagos Archipelago was appropriated from Mauritius by Britain in the 1960s and its inhabitants deported (with one suitcase each) to Mauritius and the UK in 1967-1973 to make way for the ... read more
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Demonstrates how constitutions evolved in tandem with warfare, and how they have functioned to advance empire as well as promote nations, and worked to exclude as well as liberate. LC is a b... read more