#JLF 2014: Ornamentalism- How the British Saw their Empire
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Channel: Jaipur Literature Festival · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
David Cannadine in conversation with Maya Jasanoff Presented by Hindustan Times David Cannadine, professor of history at Princeton, argues that in its heyday -- from the 1850s to the 1950s -- the British Empire was based on a conscious effort to export a model of class hierarchy and status out to overseas possessions and that, contrary to the ideas of Edward Said, class, rank and status were more important to the British Empire than race. He will be in conversation with Harvard history professor, Maya Jasanoff.
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