Australian politics, society & culture

The myths of Britain's imperial past

Submitted by kieronb on Thu, 2011-10-20 13:43

Britain
History
Guardian

The myths of Britain's imperial past "The subject peoples of empire did not go quietly into history's goodnight. Underneath the veneer of the official record exists a rather different story."

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