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The Brutish Empire
Four Centuries of Colonial Atrocities|
12,99 € |
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| Verlag: | The O'brien Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 14.10.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781788495462 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 416 |
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Beschreibungen
The Bloody History of British Colonisation
For centuries, a small island nation cast a shadow across the world. The British Empire's methods of expansion were often brutal, usually devastating. From Amritsar to Zululand, from the Opium Wars in China to the deliberate infection of Native Americans with smallpox and the cold-blooded treatment of the starving during the Irish Famine, Des Ekin lays bare the atrocities committed in the name of colonisation.
With many nations worldwide still grappling with the legacy of British rule, Ekin explores the justifications used to dehumanise other people and rationalise their abuse, exploitation and slaughter. In this rigorously researched and eminently readable book, Des Ekin lifts the veil on the harrowing realities of colonial rule.
For centuries, a small island nation cast a shadow across the world. The British Empire's methods of expansion were often brutal, usually devastating. From Amritsar to Zululand, from the Opium Wars in China to the deliberate infection of Native Americans with smallpox and the cold-blooded treatment of the starving during the Irish Famine, Des Ekin lays bare the atrocities committed in the name of colonisation.
With many nations worldwide still grappling with the legacy of British rule, Ekin explores the justifications used to dehumanise other people and rationalise their abuse, exploitation and slaughter. In this rigorously researched and eminently readable book, Des Ekin lifts the veil on the harrowing realities of colonial rule.
<p>First … A Micro-History of the British Empire</p><p>Amritsar – The Massacre that Shocked the World</p><p>Biological Warfare</p><p>Concentration Camps</p><p>Drug Dealing for Queen and Country</p><p>Eugenics, Elitism and English Exceptionalism – A Glimpse Into the Mindset of Empire</p><p>Famine in Ireland</p><p>The G-Word: Genocide or Not?</p><p>Hunting for Human Beings</p><p>Ireland: The Test Lab of Empire</p><p>Jamaica and the Saturnalia of Slaughter</p><p>Kleptomania</p><p>Lashman – The Extraordinary John Nicholson</p><p>'McEmpire': – The East India Company</p><p>The New World</p><p>Omdurman and the Slaughter of the Wounded</p><p>Partition of India and the End of British Rule</p><p>Queensland: The Dark History Behind the Sunshine State</p><p>Revolt in India, 1857 – The So-called 'Indian Mutiny'</p><p>Slavery</p><p>'Terror Beyond the Grave' – The Peculiar Policy of Postmortem Punishment</p><p>The 'Unknown Continent' and the Unbeatable Weapon</p><p>Van Diemen's Land</p><p>'The White Man's Fury' – The Waikato Atrocities in New Zealand</p><p>The Xhosa Wars</p><p>Younghusband's Yaks, and the Invasion of Tibet</p><p>Zulus</p><p>Source Notes</p>
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