{"product_id":"9780241445310","title":"Empireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past'\u003cb\u003e Gerard deGroot, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMPIRE \u003c\/b\u003eexplains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e explains our distrust of cleverness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMPIRE\u003c\/b\u003e explains Britain's particular brand of racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrangely hidden from view, the British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification. In his bestselling book, Sathnam Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere: from how we live and think to the foundation of the NHS and even our response to the COVID-19 crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, \u003ci\u003eEmpireland \u003c\/i\u003eis a groundbreaking revelation - a much-needed and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society, shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid.\u003cbr\u003e_______________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eEmpireland \u003c\/i\u003etakes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' \u003c\/b\u003eJonathan Coe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I only wish this book has been around when I was at school' \u003c\/b\u003eSadiq Khan, Mayor of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' \u003c\/b\u003eJames O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSathnam Sanghera, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, February 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanghera, Sathnam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54304408109383,"sku":"9780241445310","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/6675\/5143\/files\/9780241445310.jpg?v=1783420887","url":"https:\/\/borderlessbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/9780241445310","provider":"Borderless Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}