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Lizzie Collingham

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Dr. Elizabeth M. Collingham is an English historian interested in linking the minutiae of daily life to the broad sweep of historical processes. Her first book, Imperial Bodies, explored the physical experience of the British raj and the way in which concerns about race and imperialism found expression in debates about physique and diet.

She studied at Sussex and Cambridge where she completed her PhD on the nabobs of the British Raj. She has lectured at Warwick University and been a reasearch fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 2,981 ratings · 479 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors 3.92 avg rating — 1,269 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hungry Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World 3.95 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 2016 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food 4.13 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence 4.04 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperial Bodies: The Physical Experience of the Raj, c.1800 - 1947 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curry: a Tale of Cooks and Conquerors 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curry Poster by Lizzie Collingham, E. M. Collingham 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sezincote in the Cotswolds, Charles Cockerell built himself a house in the oriental style with domes and ornamental pillars. At each end of the house he constructed summerhouses with stars painted”
― Lizzie Collingham, Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

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“The new-found prosperity of American workers allowed them to buy goods which had previously been our of their reach. Peggy Terry overheard 'a woman saying on her bus that she hoped the war didn't end until she got her refrigerator paid for. An old man hit her over the head with an umbrella'.”
― Lizzie Collingham, The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food

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“qaurama”
― Lizzie Collingham, Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

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