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Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt

By Richard Gott

Book information

Publisher
Verso Books
Year
2012
ISBN
1844670678, 9781844670673
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7767086 bytes)
Edition
New in Paperback
Pages
576\576
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-05-20 21:53:55

Description

Magisterial history of the foundation of the British empire, and the forgotten story of resistance to its formation. This revelatory new history punctures the still widely held belief that the British Empire was an enlightened and civilizing enterprise of great benefit to its subject peoples. Instead, Britain’s Empire reveals a history of systemic repression and almost continual violence, showing how British rule was imposed as a military operation and maintained as a military dictatorship. For colonized peoples, the experience was a horrific one—of slavery, famine, battle and extermination.

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