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The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
George Bush's 'War on Terror' has inspired a forest of books about the new American Empire. But what about Britain's role in the world? "A People's History of the British Empire" challenges the claim that the British Empire was a kinder, gentler empire and suggests that the description of 'Rogue State' is more fitting. How many people today know about Britain's deep involv...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
September 7th 2006
by Bookmarks
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written as a counterblast to the recent wave of apologia from the likes of Niall Ferguson et al, this book chronicles just some of the many crimes of the British Empire. it's not really great on 'narrative' although I don't know how one would do this in such a book. for Ferguson a sort of modern whiggish history can be found in his theories of 'killer apps' and the like, it's opposite in left wing writing is hard to pin down beyond the recurring theme of "the british empire was awful", which of...more
Sedan Howard Zinns magnum opus om det amerikanska folkets historia kom ut 1980 har det varit populärt att marknadsföra radikal historieskrivning som People’s History. Vi har allt ifrån Vijay Prashads The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World till Michael Parentis The Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome och Chris Harmans tegelsten A People's History of the World.
Så har även den marxistiske historikern John Newsingers bok om det brittiska imperiet på...more
Så har även den marxistiske historikern John Newsingers bok om det brittiska imperiet på...more
Newsinger's book is definitely not an introduction to the British empire. Nor is it actually a people's history, if by people's history one means using Zinn's methodology. But just as Zinn's work helps one to see American history from a new and more honest vantage point, Newsinger's book plugs into British history and gives readers insight into British colonialism and resistance to it whether in Kenya or India or Palestine or Egypt. It's not expansive, but the book offers readers the ability to...more
"Debating Imperialism is a bit like debating the pros and cons of rape. What can we say? That we really miss it?" - Arundhati Roy
Brilliant Book which brings to light the darker side of the British Empire.
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John Newsinger is a British Marxist professor of History at Bath Spa University.
A book reviewer for the New Left Review, he is also author of numerous books and articles, as well as studies of science fiction and of the cinema. He teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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A book reviewer for the New Left Review, he is also author of numerous books and articles, as well as studies of science fiction and of the cinema. He teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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