Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), October 7th, 2001
Byline: William R. Wineke
The British Empire, on which the sun never set for 300 years, formally ended in 1997 when Hong Kong was turned over to the Chinese government.
But, the question of what made that empire tick is still being debated, particularly in a provocative new book by David Cannadine, director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London."
"Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire" (Oxford University Press: $25) takes issue with one prominent theory -- that the British saw their empire as a matter of whites ruling over lesser races -- and argues...
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