Priya Satia: 2 books
Empire of Guns
The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
By a prize-winning young historian, an authoritative work that reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable...
Spies in Arabia
The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2008
At the dawn of the twentieth century, British intelligence agents began to venture in increasing numbers to the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire, a region of crucial geopolitical importance spanning present-day Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. They were drawn by the twin objectives of securing...