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Ornamentalism: How the British Saw their Empire

By David Cannadine

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2002
ISBN
0140297618, 9780140297614
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3315539 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
270\0
Time added
2019-03-31 10:09:41

Description

The British empire has generally been seen as a racist empire. While not wholly denying this, Cannadine here suggests a different dynamic. The British rulers were motivated not by race but by class - they loathed Indians or Africans no more or less than they loathed the majority of Englishmen, dreaming of an empire based on defence and feudalism.

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