{"product_id":"9780241997086","title":"Empireworld","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful book'\u003c\/b\u003e Rory Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nuanced and deeply researched'\u003c\/b\u003e Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times'\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Frankopan\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe British empire was built on slavery, but it also pioneered abolition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt spread democracy, but it also seeded geopolitical instability.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt devastated nature but it also gave birth to modern notions of environmentalism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this urgent sequel to Empireland, award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain to the wider world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravelling across outposts of the former empire from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond, Sanghera puts to bed the conventional balance-sheet view of imperial history where the good is merely weighed up against the bad. In Empireworld, Sanghera instead seeks out nuance to reveal how contradictory forces of the British empire have shaped our world and what they mean for our place within it today.\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e James O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Puts Sanghera in the firmament of great imperial historians'\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, \u003ci\u003ei \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Profoundly moving'\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Day\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanghera, Sathnam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677039964546,"sku":"9780241997086","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780241997086.jpg?v=1779986175","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241997086","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}