{"product_id":"fragments-of-empire-9780812234671","title":"Fragments of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eFragments of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e indenture becomes a lens through which empire, in all its complexity and vastness, comes into view. This is an empire that one does not see usually, an empire better described as a single constellation that arises in the imbrication of different spaces, levels, practices, and ideas. I cannot say enough about the importance of this idea, for it forces us to rethink current notions of colonialism and imperialism.\"\" * Gyan Prakash, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003e\"A landmark study. The book gives a completely new reading of the cultural, racial, and economic dynamics of indentured Indian labour in the British Caribbean. The book is nothing less than a wake-up call to postcolonial theorists.\" * \u003ci\u003eEHR\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFragments\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new and refreshing perspective, taking us beyond chronology to a thorough examination of some of the macroconsiderations which tied together an early attempt at globalization. . . . Any attempt to understand this present must be based on that past. \u003ci\u003eFragments of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e successfully unravels much of that complicated past, making sense of a tangled maze of imperialistic devices. In this sense it is a very useful continuation of our understanding of worldwide diasporas.\" * \u003ci\u003eInternational Review of Social History\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405709680983,"sku":"9780812234671","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812234671.jpg?v=1730493357","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fragments-of-empire-9780812234671","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}