"Empireland, how imperialism has shaped modern Britain" has allowed me to get to know another reality of this great nation that it is Britain. Thanks very much Sathan Sanghera for this very needed book. But when you start digging a little bit more on what this Empire was about then another reality emerges becoming not precisely a fairy-tale of Indian elephants, Ceylon aromatic tea crops or handsome uniformed brigadiers with a pith helmet on but a story also made of appalling elements like looting, submission and injustice. In this excellent book, the Times writer Sathnam Sanghera tries to understand why the modern British display such amnesia about their forebears’ vast. And it explores the, sort of, the modern.
MARTIN: Your book, Empireland was published in the U.K.
For me all these territories and subjects that once belonged to the British crown made this nation greater, richer and more inclusive that others. SATHNAM SANGHERA, AUTHOR, EMPIRELAND: Thanks for having me on your show.
We also knew, of course, of the existence of the British Empire that we see nowadays reflected in the diversity of the British people, cultures and nations. Many Catalans, like me, and other southern European nations, have been always looking upon Britain as one of the first democracies in the world and as an example to follow when thinking of creating a better country as it could eventually be one day Catalonia. "Empireland, how imperialism has shaped modern Britain" by Sathnam Sanghera. Viking 320 pages £18.99 A S BRITAIN’S GLOBAL role has shrunk, so the island’s politics have become increasingly insular.
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