Pay in 4 interest-free payments of $4.99 Learn more
Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Aug 1 - Aug 6
erudite and accessible
Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation
Yet she is also a cultural critic alert to the nuances of race and desire—how they define us all
a weekend in Palm Springs where her dreams of romance fizzle and her only solace is Virginia Woolf
The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire UPDATE:Default Title erudite and accessibleAuthor Contributor(s): Richards, Thomas Publisher: Verso Date: 11 17 1993 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Nineteenth century Britain could be seen as the first information society in historyfor the simple reason that it accumulated knowledge from the far flung corners of its empire faster than it could easily digest it. The British Empire presented a vast administrative challenge; by meeting that challenge through maps and surveys, censuses and
