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/100
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Readers
55/100Critics
40/100Scholars
Author:
Sathnam Sanghera
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Date:
May 7, 2024
Sathnam Sanghera explores the global legacy of the British Empire, and the ways it continues to influence economics, politics, and culture around the world.
What The Reviewers Say
A nuanced, complicated account of the British empire’s impact on the world as we know it.
In Empireworld Sanghera aims not to make an "overall positive or negative conclusion about British empire" but to make "qualitative judgments, on a smaller scale". Of course readers may query some of these micro-judgments.
The charge sheet against imperialism grows with every page, even as Sanghera seeks to present more nuanced reflections.
The author writes well with humour and style and he has a journalist’s eye for detail and colour. He has researched well and details his narrative with the support of "expert imperial historians".
