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I had a very different take on this book - instead of copy pasting, I'll just point you to my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/627096724 https

• anigbrowl 13y ago
  Sounds like you were looking for a polemic and were disappointed to documentary work instead. Strangely enough I lerned a great deal about colonial misrule of India from reading the same book, but that doesn't make the viewpoints of the pro-empire participants less interesting.
  • cubancigar11 13y ago
    Au contraire. It is not polemic to call a spade a spade. Nor it is documentary work to propagate a biased and watered down version. In fact, it is propaganda. If you have the appetite for colonial misrule these articles might help paint a backdrop: 1. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1908/10/the-new-nationalist-movement-in-india/304893/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1908/10/the-new-... 2. http://www.celdf.org/downloads/NATURE%20and%20EMPIRE%20-%20LAXMAN%20SATYA%20ARTICLE.pdf http://www.celdf.org/downloads/NATURE%20and%20EMPIRE%20-%20L...