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Samira Shackle

Interviews by Samira Shackle

The best books on British Colonialism, recommended by Charlotte Lydia Riley

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Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination
by Catherine Hall

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The White Man's World
by Bill Schwarz

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Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire
by Priya Satia

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Black Teacher
by Beryl Gilroy

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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys

The best books on British Colonialism, recommended by Charlotte Lydia Riley

Various interpretations of imperial history have become deeply entrenched in the so-called culture wars. But this is nothing new, argues Charlotte Lydia Riley, author of the ‘alternative history’ Imperial Island: historians have always served political agendas. Here she recommends five of the best books on British colonialism.

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Interviewer

Samira Shackle

Interviews by Samira Shackle

The best books on British Colonialism, recommended by Charlotte Lydia Riley

Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination by Catherine Hall

The White Man's World by Bill Schwarz

Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire by Priya Satia

Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

The best books on British Colonialism, recommended by Charlotte Lydia Riley

About

Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination
by Catherine Hall

The White Man's World
by Bill Schwarz

Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire
by Priya Satia

Black Teacher
by Beryl Gilroy

Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys