An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
25. Empires
February 22, 2021
Description
Books Referenced
Author: John Darwin
Context:
Dominic references this book when discussing how empires have been the natural unit of human organization throughout history, citing Darwin as 'a historian at Oxford' who makes this point in his book, described as 'a great history of empires'
Author: C.L.R. James
Context:
Tom mentions reading this book about cricket when discussing how anti-imperialism was paradoxically exported by the British. He notes that James wrote as 'a Marxist who's very, very anti-imperial' yet the book is 'incredibly British' and 'saturated in English literature'