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Inglorious Empire
Af: Shashi Tharoor Engelsk Paperback
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Inglorious Empire
Af: Shashi Tharoor Engelsk Paperback

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India''s experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor

''Tharoor''s impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the British Empire for its former subjects. An essential read'' Financial Times

In the eighteenth century, India''s share of the world economy was as large as Europe''s. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. The Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation.

British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial ''gift'' - from the railways to the rule of law - was designed in Britain''s interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain''s Industrial Revolution was founded on India''s deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.

In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain''s stained Indian legacy.

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The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India''s experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor

''Tharoor''s impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the British Empire for its former subjects. An essential read'' Financial Times

In the eighteenth century, India''s share of the world economy was as large as Europe''s. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. The Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation.

British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial ''gift'' - from the railways to the rule of law - was designed in Britain''s interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain''s Industrial Revolution was founded on India''s deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.

In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain''s stained Indian legacy.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780141987149
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141987146
Udg. Dato: 1 feb 2018
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 131mm
Oplagsdato: 1 feb 2018
Forfatter(e): Shashi Tharoor
Forfatter(e) Shashi Tharoor


Kategori Kolonialisme og imperialisme


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 131mm


Udg. Dato 1 feb 2018


Oplagsdato 1 feb 2018

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