Empireworld : how british imperialism shaped the globe /
"2.6 billion people inhabit former British colonies. The empire's influence upon the quarter-planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound from the spread of Christianity by missionaries, to the shaping of international law. Even today, on...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Kirja |
| Kieli: | englanti |
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UK :
Viking,
2024.
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
Sisällysluettelo:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Spot the colonial inheritance
- The civilized island
- Useful plants
- Phenomenal people exporters
- White saviours
- A rational and intelligible system of law
- The colour line
- Reaping the chaos
- Conclusion: An evolutionary outgrowth
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.