A Statue Was Toppled. Can We Finally Talk About the
British Empire?
“Dispossession, appropriation, elimination and
enslavement were central to the British Empire and to the making of modern
Britain. Its initial expansion westward into the territories of the Americas
was followed by commercial and colonial initiatives in the East. This was
compounded by Britain’s involvement in the Europe-wide trade in human beings
from Africa and circuits of indentured labor from Asia.
These histories rarely make it into the standard
narratives of how Britain came to be. Instead, there is either a glorification
of the empire or amnesiac histories that either ignore it or consider it benign.
The end of the empire is similarly elided”.
The East India Company, a trading firm with its own
army, was masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit.
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate
Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple
The British Empire – Consequences of Colonialism
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The Truth About Winston Churchill
The Truth About Winston Churchill