Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire by David Cannadine

Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire

David Cannadine

263 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
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The British Empire has generally been seen as a racist empire (most influentially in Edward Said's ORIENTALISM). While not wholly denying this, Cannadine, in this funny, often horrifying book, suggests a different dynamic. The British rulers were ...

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