On the Spot: Erik Linstrum
‘In the US, people often think of British history as quaint or niche, instead of a central force in the making of global modernity.’
‘In the US, people often think of British history as quaint or niche, instead of a central force in the making of global modernity.’
Did the British Empire have a culture?
The British Empire’s playbook of force.
The promise of exotic thrills in distant lands built up expectations which inevitably collided with a mundane reality in the British Empire.