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A bestselling British author’s American debut—in this brilliantly illuminating work exploring the realities and legacies of empire, Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in its imperial past.
In prose that is at once both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how the past is everywhere in the United Kingdom, also drawing critical links to similarities in the United States and around the world. Empire—British or otherwise—informs nearly everything, from common thought processes to the routines that shape everyday life, from the foundation of the National Health Service (NHS), to the nature of racism in the UK, from the British 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—all while empire is a subject shockingly obscured from view. Revelatory and lucid, Sanghera suggests that cultivating a new, more honest relationship to the past is essential in moving forward.
Empireland How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
by Sanghera, Sathnam; James, MarlonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2023-02-28
Publisher(s): Pantheon
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Author Biography
SATHNAM SANGHERA is the best-selling author of Empireland, Marriage Material, and his memoir, The Boy with the Topknot. A graduate from Christ’s College, Cambridge, columnist and writer at The Times, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Sanghera lives in North London.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Marlon James xi
A Note to the American Reader xvii
Acknowledgments xxvii
1. Empire Day 2.0 1
2. Imperialism and Me 15
3. Difficult History 31
4. Emotional Loot 47
5. We Are Here Because You Were There 67
6. Home and Away 88
7. World-Beating Politics 108
8. Dirty Money 125
9. The Origins of Our Racism 147
10. Empire State of Mind 171
11. Selective Amnesia 192
12. Working Off the Past 216
Q & A with Sathnam Sanghera 233
Notes 237
Bibliography 269
Index 321
A Note to the American Reader xvii
Acknowledgments xxvii
1. Empire Day 2.0 1
2. Imperialism and Me 15
3. Difficult History 31
4. Emotional Loot 47
5. We Are Here Because You Were There 67
6. Home and Away 88
7. World-Beating Politics 108
8. Dirty Money 125
9. The Origins of Our Racism 147
10. Empire State of Mind 171
11. Selective Amnesia 192
12. Working Off the Past 216
Q & A with Sathnam Sanghera 233
Notes 237
Bibliography 269
Index 321
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