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The British empire was built on slavery, but it also pioneered abolition. It spread democracy, but it also seeded geopolitical instability.

It devastated nature but it also gave birth to modern notions of environmentalism. In this urgent sequel to Empireland, award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain to the wider world. Travelling across outposts of the former empire from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond, Sanghera puts to bed the conventional balance-sheet view of imperial history where the good is merely weighed up against the bad.

In Empireworld, Sanghera instead seeks out nuance to reveal how contradictory forces of the British empire have shaped our world and what they mean for our place within it today.

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Publication: 2 Jan 2025, Penguin
ISBN: 9780241997086

Extent: 320 pages

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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe by Sathnam Sanghera

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      The British empire was built on slavery, but it also pioneered abolition. It spread democracy, but it also seeded geopolitical instability.

      It devastated nature but it also gave birth to modern notions of environmentalism. In this urgent sequel to Empireland, award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain to the wider world. Travelling across outposts of the former empire from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond, Sanghera puts to bed the conventional balance-sheet view of imperial history where the good is merely weighed up against the bad.

      In Empireworld, Sanghera instead seeks out nuance to reveal how contradictory forces of the British empire have shaped our world and what they mean for our place within it today.

      Paperback
      Publication: 2 Jan 2025, Penguin
      ISBN: 9780241997086

      Extent: 320 pages

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