Imperial Mud - by James Boyce (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A post-colonial history of the drainage of the Fens of Eastern England, from a highly acclaimed author.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A pre-existing population of proud indigenous people are forced out of their homelands. Then they are materially, culturally and spiritually disenfranchised by a financially mighty imperial state. Their impoverishment is justified to them, and to the outside world, as being necessary for 'progress'. All of this takes place in East Anglia, an often forgotten area of eastern England. </b></p> <p>An innovative new take on the drainage of the Fens, framed in the language of colonialism, Imperial Mud upends the classical narrative of this being a triumph of technology over nature. The final destruction of England's last lowland wilderness and the dispossession of its custodians was not a consequence of 'progress', but of the growing power of a centralised and militarised state. </p> <p><i>Imperial Mud </i>reimagines not just the history of the Fens, but the history (and identity) of the English people. And in reimagining the past, it invents a new future.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'A brilliant and exhilarating work of popular scholarship. I pencil vertical lines in the margins of the books I read whenever a sentence or paragraph seems especially striking. My copy of Born Bad carries such scribbles on every other page.'--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post<br><br>'A revisionist version of Tasmania's past, Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce moves away from the usual history of genocide to examine the phenomenon of a white underclass taking on Aboriginal ways of living - an unusual version of a familiar tale.'<br><br>'An exceptional, highly recommended work, innovative and creative in surprising ways.'--Publishers Weekly, starred review<br><br>'Boyce covers a lot of ground and explores a number of authors in this wide-ranging treatment, and the result is impressive. Readable and comprehensive ... Boyce successfully illustrates the ability of original sin to dominate Western culture for nearly two millennia.'<br><br>'The most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.'--Richard Flanagan<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>James Boyce is a multi-award-winning Australian historian and a research associate at the University of Tasmania. His first book, <i>Van Diemen's Land</i>, was described by Richard Flanagan as 'the most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore'. <i>1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia</i> was <i>The Age's</i> Book of the Year, while <i>Born Bad: Original Sin and the Making of the Western World</i> was described by <i>The Washington Post</i> as 'an exhilarating work of popular scholarship'.
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