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HistoryMay 16, 2022
The British Empire’s Worldwide Devastation
Caroline Elkins’s new history of the British Empire is a damning account of its violent crimes against its subjects.
Howard W. French
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CultureMay 4, 2009
A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty
Published fifty years ago, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart mounted a literary rebellion against the everyday amalgamations and condescension that treat Africa as an undifferentiated wasteland.
Howard W. French
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Non-fictionJuly 16, 2008
A Powerful Counterhistory of China
A collection of oral histories reveal a new understanding of the modern Chinese experience.
Howard W. French