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Empireworld
Sathnam Sanghera
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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 ... Read moreworld'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.
And why it's time Britain was finally honest with itself about empire.
‘A wonderful book’ Rory Stewart
‘Nuanced and deeply researched’ Financial Times
‘Not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times’ Peter Frankopan
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About Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his ... Read morenovel Marriage Material. Empireland has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards of 2022, and inspired both the Channel 4 series Empire State of Mind and Sanghera's children's book about the British empire Stolen History. He lives in London. Show Less
Reviews for Empireworld
If you thought Empireland was beautifully written – this follow up takes you even further – on an extraordinary, entertaining and eye-opening journey around the globe
Sadiq Khan
Essential and absorbing reading for those not afraid to encounter diligently researched, complex, and often contradictory truths about colonial rule and its legacies
Professor Alan Lester
This is ... Read morea ground-breaking and eye-opening book, that everyone should read. Written with wit, nuance and academic rigour; it is a long overdue look at Empire and its effect on the world
Kavita Puri
Once again, Sathnam Sanghera has advanced the civil conversation we all need to have about empire and its legacies
Jonathan Coe
One of my favourite writers and Empireworld is a must read if you want to understand the world
Greg James
BBC Radio
Another smart, compassionate and essential book about the legacy of Empire and our braided histories
Meera Syal
His writing on empire and colonialism will change how you understand modern Britain
Bella Mackie
This brave, painful, urgent and timely book, is not, in other words, about 'goodies' or 'baddies'. It is about telling the truth about a nation’s imperial past in all its ambiguity — and creating dialogue between everyone who lays claim to Britishness
Jerry Brotton
The Financial Times
This is history with a personal touch . . . today’s history students will have much to ponder . . . there are plenty of new ideas, argued with passion. If Britain wants to move forward as a key player on the world stage, Sanghera demonstrates, we must take time to understand our past — all warts, and all wonders, considered
Alice Loxton
The Sunday Times
Refined, subtle, accurate, analytical, witty, engaging, and questioning . . . this book puts Sanghera in the firmament of great imperial historians. Furthermore, his lucid and accessible writing reaches out to those with closed minds. For that he deserves all the accolades he is sure to get
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
The i
This is history a historian can recognise: a field that demands close study and resists easy generalisation or pat judgments . . . Sanghera’s book admirably marches us into the weeds of peer-reviewed scholarly work
Quinn Slobodian
The New Statesman
A conversation-changing look at the British Empire’s worldwide legacy . . . he’s done his reading. Sanghera is part of a wave of writers and historians changing the terms of debate. This book, with its varied voices and perspectives, widens them further
Robbie Smith
Evening Standard
A nuanced, complicated account of the British empire’s impact on the world as we know it . . . spells out the complexity of historical assessment with painstaking clarity, showing, repeatedly, the deep entwinement of the positive and negative contributions of empire
Nandini Das
Guardian
A powerful sequel
The Irish Independent
Empireworld is an ambitious and valuable conversation starter for a long overdue reckoning with Britain’s colonial past
The Tablet
A remarkable and important work - one that is finely judged, beautifully written and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading
Peter Frankopan
An absolute masterpiece
James O'Brien
Engages in deep research and historical re-analysis . . . also a profoundly moving work of personal insight, nuance, intelligence and compassion. Empireworld is a crucial addition to our understanding of the contradictions and legacies of colonial rule
Elizabeth Day
A thoughtful and balanced book that rejects totting up the pluses and minuses of empire. He points out there’s something very odd about saying on the one hand we massacred people in Amritsar and empowered the slave-trade, and on the other hand we built railway lines and opened universities. What he tries to do is give a much richer, fuller picture of its different dimensions. A wonderful book
Rory Stewart
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