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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe
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Bestselling author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera explores the global legacy of the British Empire, and the ways it continues to influence economics, politics, and culture around the world. 2.6 billion...
Empire
The British Empire radically altered the modern world. At its height, it governed over a quarter of the human race and encompassed more that a fifth of the globe. As...
The Quest for the Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial
The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...
Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History
Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable - war and humiliation....
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in
A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, complex and controversial history. Captives and...
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW...
Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the...
The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism
The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...
Our Land in Colour
A breathtaking collection of 200 photographs expertly colourised by Aotearoa New Zealand's premier colourist, Brendan Graham, with commentary from award-winning historian Jock Phillips ONZM Our Land in Colour celebrates the...
Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire
An award-winning intellectual reconsiders the role of historians in political debate and the legacy of the British Empire For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story...
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization
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An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale...
Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the
'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more. Ask google Who discovered gold in Australia? and you'll promptly get 'Edward...
Cairo Museum
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Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever...
African Europeans: An Untold History
Author: Olivette Otele Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A History Today Book of the Year, 2020 Renowned historian Olivette Otele uncovers the untold...
Journey of Hope: The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800s
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The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony
What does following in the footsteps of our ancestors mean? Iain Sinclair takes it literally. In The Gold Machine, Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by the itinerary...
The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony
'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles'The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in...