Empireland

Empireland

by Sathnam Sanghera
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 28/01/2021

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**EMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW


WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION**


***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER


'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past' Gerard deGroot, The Times

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EMPIRE explains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide.

EMPIRE explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional.

EMPIRE explains our distrust of cleverness.

EMPIRE explains Britain's particular brand of racism.


Strangely hidden from view, the British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification. In his bestselling book, Sathnam Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere: from how we live and think to the foundation of the NHS and even our response to the COVID-19 crisis.


At a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Empireland is a groundbreaking revelation - a much-needed and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society, shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid.

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'Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' Jonathan Coe


'I only wish this book has been around when I was at school' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London


'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien


Sathnam Sanghera, Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024

ISBN:
9780241445334
9780241445334
Category:
Colonialism & imperialism
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
28-01-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. He lives in London.

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