Bibliograph

Colonialism, a moral reckoning, Nigel Biggar

Type

Label

Colonialism, a moral reckoning, Nigel Biggar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Colonialism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Nigel Biggar

Sub title

a moral reckoning

Summary

A new assessment of the West's colonial record. As encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth, Colonialism offers a moral inquest into the colonial past, forensically contesting damaging falsehoods and thereby helping to rejuvenate faith in the West's future

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Motives, good and bad -- From slavery to Anti-slavery -- Human equality, cultural superiority and 'racism' -- Land, settlers and 'conquest' -- Cultural assimilation and 'genocide' -- Free trade, investment and 'exploitation' -- Government, legitimacy and nationalism -- Justified force and 'pervasive violence' -- Conclusion: On the colonial past -- Epilogue: On anti-colonialism and the British future

Target audience

adult

Creator