Something different and interesting… these books would probably be worthwhile in a few libraries around the world at the moment!
The British Academy Book Prize celebrates ground-breaking
This year’s shortlist has just been announced, and is as fascinatingly eclectic as always, with works on the invention of books in the ancient world; the early use of photography to document colonial conflict; the role of ritual in human civilisation; China’s Cultural Revolution; a retelling of the story of global emancipation; and the origins of empire in India.
The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding celebrates the best works of non-fiction that have contributed to public understanding of world cultures and their interaction.
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A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAn indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through…
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A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century._______________’A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard…
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The late nineteenth century witnessed a rapid increase in colonial conflicts throughout the French and British empires. It was also the period in which the first mass-produced cameras became available. Colonial authorities were quick to…
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A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic worldTo fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition – in Haiti after…
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Translated by Charlotte WhittleBest Books of 2022 Financial Times’A literary phenomenon.’ – Times Literary Supplement’Imaginative, lively and contemporary…masterly.’ – Economist’Vallejo enlivens history with imagination and personal…
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A radical anthropologist takes readers on a journey through the shadow-side of human civilisationA TELEGRAPH ‘Best Smart Thinking Books of 2022′ PICK’A gripping guide to rites and customs around the world’ New…
