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A collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultural exchange from those who found themselves on the edge of the British Empire.
Synopsis
Talented historian Maya Jasanoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest - but rather a collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultural exchange from those who found themselves on the edges of Empire.