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You are here: Home / Article Elsewhere / Krishan Kumar in the TLS reviews three books on Britain, slavery, empire and racism

May 27, 2021 By Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert

Krishan Kumar in the TLS reviews three books on Britain, slavery, empire and racism

The economic and cultural legacies of slavery in Britain – TLS

In The Times Literary Supplement, Krishan Kumar reviews Slave Empire by Padraic X. Scanlan, The Interest by Michael Taylor, and The New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews: 

What do the following have in common? Graham Greene and George Orwell. The founders of Barclays and Lloyds. The accounting firms Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The insurance companies Royal Sun Alliance and Indemnity Mutual Marine (Aviva)… You will know the answer of course

Slave Empire by Padraic X. ScanlanThe Interest by Michael TaylorThe New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews

Read more here (paid sub needed):
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/

Filed Under: Article Elsewhere Tagged With: British society, racism, slavery

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