Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain

In his brilliantly illuminating new 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...

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Auteur principal : Sanghera Sathnam (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain / Sathnam Sanghera
Publié : London : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books , 2021
Description matérielle : 1 volume (XII-306 pages)
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