{"product_id":"9780241445310","title":"Empireland : How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eEMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***\n\u003cbr\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past' Gerard deGroot, The Times\n\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEMPIRE explains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide.\n\u003cbr\u003eEMPIRE explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional.\n\u003cbr\u003eEMPIRE explains our distrust of cleverness.\n\u003cbr\u003eEMPIRE explains Britain's particular brand of racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Empireland is a groundbreaking revelation - a much-needed and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society, shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid.\n\u003cbr\u003e_______________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' Jonathan Coe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I only wish this book has been around when I was at school' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSathnam Sanghera, Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223760810219,"sku":"EB_HI0800_D24-03_SIMS","price":22.89,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780241445310-1.jpg?v=1788082424","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780241445310","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}