Empireland : (Record no. 344801)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780241445297
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 941
Item number SAN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sanghera, Sathnam,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Empireland :
Remainder of title how imperialism has shaped modern Britain /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Sathnam Sanghera.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 306 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how our past is everywhere: from how we live to how we think, from the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism, from our distrust of intellectuals in public life to the exceptionalism that imbued the campaign for Brexit and the government's early response to the Covid crisis. And yet empire is a subject, weirdly hidden from view. The British Empire ran for centuries and covered vast swathes of the world. It is, as Sanghera reveals, fundamental to understanding Britain. However, even among those who celebrate the empire there seems to be a desire not to look at it too closely - not to include the subject in our school history books, not to emphasize it too much in our favourite museums. At a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Sanghera's book urges us to address this bewildering contradiction. For, it is only by stepping back and seeing where we really come from, that we can begin to understand who we are, and what unites us. -- Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element National characteristics, British.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Collective memory
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Koha item type Books
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2021-07-08 999.00   941 SAN 162563 2021-07-08 2021-07-08 Books

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