{"title":"Padraic X. Scanlan","description":"\u003cp\u003ePadraic X. Scanlan delves into the shadows of history with works that explore the darker, often overlooked aspects of empires and conflicts. His books weave together gripping narratives that illuminate the brutal realities and complex power dynamics of military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful blend of detailed research and compelling storytelling, where the gritty truths of past struggles come vividly to life. \u003cem\u003eRot\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlave Empire\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify Scanlan’s ability to challenge perceptions and invite reflection on the human cost of historical upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"slave-empire-by-padraic-x-scanlan-9781472142337","title":"Slave Empire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFara Dabhoiwala, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMihir Bose, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlave Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and convincing prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe British empire, in sentimental myth, was more free, more just and more fair than its rivals. But this claim that the British empire was 'free' and that, for all its flaws, it promised liberty to all its subjects was never true. The British empire was built on slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlave Empire\u003c\/i\u003e puts enslaved people at the centre of the British empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In intimate, human detail, Padraic Scanlon shows how British imperial power and industrial capitalism were inextricable from plantation slavery. 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Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.' \u003cb\u003eFintan O'Toole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A vivid, polemical narrative that does justice to victims and explains the ideologies that worsened the disaster.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Scanlan's history of the \"Great Hunger\" and its repercussions is meticulous, measured and damning.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mr. Scanlan's haunting and terrible book is undoubtedly a history title of the year.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1800s, as Britain became the world's most powerful industrial empire, Ireland starved. The Great Famine fractured long-held assumptions about political economy and 'civilisation', threatening disorder in Britain. Ireland was a laboratory for empire, shaping British ideas about colonisation, population, ecology and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRot\u003c\/i\u003e, Padraic Scanlan reinterprets the history of this time and the result is a revelatory account of Ireland's Great Famine. In the first half of the nineteenth century, nowhere in Europe—or the world—did the working poor depend as completely on potatoes as in Ireland. To many British observers, potatoes were evidence of a lack of modernity among the Irish. However, Ireland before the famine more closely resembled capitalism's future than its past. 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