03481cam a2200445 4500 761033990 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 120123s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780670919604 electronic bk. 0670919608 electronic bk. B005HHSYFO Amazon 81ae7e45-2a4a-4a0e-bdee-af464cdc60a8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 630214 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)773582161 TEFOD TEFOD TXN TxAuBib Paxman, Jeremy, 1950- Empire. Empire [Libby] : what ruling the world did to the British / Jeremy Paxman. London : Viking, 2011. 1 online resource (356 p.) : ill., maps, ports. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3072kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything, from Prime Ministers' decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. From the sports we think we're good at to the architecture of our buildings; the way we travel to the way we trade; the hopeless losers we will on, and the food we hunger for, the British Empire is never very far away. In this acute and witty analysis, Jeremy Paxman goes to the very heart of empire. As he describes the selection process for colonial officers ('intended to weed out the cad, the feeble and the too clever') the importance of sport, the sweating domestic life of the colonial officer's wife ('the challenge with cooking meat was 'to grasp the fleeting moment between toughness and putrefaction when the joint may possibly prove eatable'') and the crazed end for General Gordon of Khartoum, Paxman brings brilliantly to life the tragedy and comedy of empire and reveals its profound and lasting effect on our nation and ourselves. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Great Britain Colonies History. Great Britain Colonies Administration History. Great Britain Colonies Ethnic relations. Great Britain Colonies Social life and customs. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=81AE7E45-2A4A-4A0E-BDEE-AF464CDC60A8 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0290-1/81A/E7E/45/EmpireWhatRulingtheWorldDidtotheBriti9780670919604.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81AE7E45-2A4A-4A0E-BDEE-AF464CDC60A8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0290-1/81A/E7E/45/EmpireWhatRulingtheWorldDidtotheBriti9780670919604.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81AE7E45-2A4A-4A0E-BDEE-AF464CDC60A8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0290-1/81A/E7E/45/EmpireWhatRulingtheWorldDidtotheBriti9780670919604.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81AE7E45-2A4A-4A0E-BDEE-AF464CDC60A8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8